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As of 2008, there were debates about whether Baltimore should revitalize the old Chinatown in the location of Park Avenue or build a new one about a mile north at Charles Street and North Avenue. [8] As of 2009, the Chinatown Café was replaced by another Chinese restaurant called "Zhongshan." [9]
The Chinatown was largely gone by the First World War due to urban renewal. [33] By the 1970s, hardly any Chinese people lived in the city. [34] There are now debates about whether Baltimore should revitalize the old Chinatown in the location of Park Avenue or build a new one about a mile north at Charles Street and North Avenue. [35]
Baltimore Street is the north-south dividing line for the U.S. Postal Service. [1] It is not uncommon for locals to divide the city simply by East or West Baltimore, using Charles Street or I-83 as a dividing line. [citation needed] The following is a list of major neighborhoods in Baltimore, organized by broad geographical location in the city:
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East Monument Historic District (also known as B-5162) [citation needed] or Little Bohemia, is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland.It is a large residential area with a commercial strip along East Monument Street.
As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs remain a vital social glue.
New York Before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801867941; Genthe, Arnold and John Kuo Wei Tchen (1984). Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486140698
The city and a local business are hosting a Lunar New Year block party downtown this weekend — but here’s a look at what that celebration might have looked like in years past.