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Although it is unclear when Chinese immigrants first arrived in Detroit, as newspapers in the 1800s did not differentiate between the different cultures of East Asia, it is known that in 1874, 14 Chinese washermen lived in the city. [6] In 1905, Detroit's first two Cantonese chop suey restaurants opened near the Detroit River. [7]
In Denver, most of the Chinese operated laundries, picking up a need for Denver's residents. Anti-Chinese sentiment escalated to mob rule in Chinese enclaves throughout the Western United States. On October 31, 1880, a white mob attacked Chinese people, their homes and their businesses, virtually destroying all of Chinatown.
The Chinese also settled in Denver, where many opened laundries to meet the needs of the predominantly male city. [9] By 1870, “Chinaman's Row” was established on Wazee Street in Denver, where forty-two Chinese immigrants lived and worked. By 1890, “Chinaman's Row” had evolved into Chinatown, Denver, with a peak population of 980 people.
More than 130 firefighters responded to an apartment building fire in the Chinatown neighborhood that displaced 70 people and injured six. City officials ignored neighbors' warnings in Chinatown.
BURN: One Year on the Frontlines of the Battle to Save Detroit is a 2012 American documentary film, produced and directed by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez.It focuses on Engine Company 50 of the Detroit Fire Department, and the city of Detroit as it faces an economic collapse and rising arson and fire rates.
A fire that started at an abandoned construction site and ravaged neighboring apartment buildings has displaced the victims. A Chinatown fire leaves 50 homeless. The cause outrages residents
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a media event at Detroit Fire Department Engine House 52 in Detroit to sign a bipartisan general budget for the 2025 Fiscal Year on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
BMA put its Denver and Sacramento television stations on the market in October 1988. [a] It was the second time the company had done so; in 1985, all three had been on the market and attracted bids from such major players as Taft Broadcasting and Gaylord Broadcasting, but the startup KDVR and KPDX weighed down the value of the highly profitable KTXL. [19]