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Washington Street in Chinatown with Transamerica Pyramid in the background.. Officially, Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco, covers 24 square blocks, [10] and overlaps five postal ZIP codes (94108, 94133, 94111, 94102, and 94109).
In November 2001 the CHSA relocated and opened the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum and Learning Center in the Chinatown YWCA building. The National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded the CHSA its National Preservation Honor Award in 2004 for its work restoring and retrofitting the 1932 building, nicknamed the "Lantern on the ...
Jonah Raskin of the San Francisco Chronicle commented, “Choy’s book takes the curious and the puzzled in hand, shows them the key sights and the important landmarks, and opens the door to a vibrant past.” [6] Another review by The Sacramento Bee said, “Choy has produced a richly illustrated volume that celebrates the history and ...
In 1909, the San Francisco Call rallied voters for William Henry Crocker as Mayor over P. H. McCarthy, who was predicted to be too tolerant of Chinatown, as "Mar Len Geet's brothel in Ross alley is a hotbed of P. H. McCarthy enthusiasm." [16]
In 1956, the Chinatown Improvement Committee, appointed by Mayor George Christopher, made the archway its top priority; [11]: 148–151 the proposal initially included two gates: one at Grant and Bush for Chinatown, and another at Pacific and Kearny for the Barbary Coast red-light district. [13] Two design drawings were shown in December 1956. [14]
Chuck had also worked for the Chinatown Coalition for Better Housing in the 1970s; [16] and he had documented on film Asian-American activism in the 1960s, which became part of the documentary film "Chinatown Rising" (2020). [18] [19] The Donaldina Cameron House building is considered haunted by some because of its unsettling social history. [2]
No, not the one in San Francisco, the one in Fresno. Just west of Chukchansi Park and the railroad tracks sits downtown’s less well known sister, Chinatown, a neighborhood born in the 1870s.
San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture; San Francisco Chinese Hospital; San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade; 1900–1904 San Francisco plague; San Francisco riot of 1877; San Francisco Saints; Showgirl Magic Museum; Soo Yuen Benevolent Association; William Speer (minister) Statue of Sun Yat-sen (San Francisco)