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Some of his notable projects include the San Francisco Fire Station No. 26, [9] the San Francisco Chinatown & Fisherman's Warf Holiday Inn (now Hilton) Hotels, [15] [10] [16] the San Francisco Chinatown Branch Library, the Chinese American International School, the Hong Kong Supermarket, the Oceanview Branch Library, and the Central YMCA of San ...
The Chinese Historical Society of America (simplified Chinese: 美国华人 历史 学会; traditional Chinese: 美國華人歷史學會; pinyin: Měiguó Huárén Lìshǐ Xuéhuì; Jyutping: Mei 5 gwok 3 Waa 4 jan 4 Lik 6 si 2 Hok 6 wui 6; abbreviated CHSA) is the oldest and largest archive and history center documenting the Chinese American experience in the United States.
In 1905, architect Daniel Burnham presented his plans for a new Civic Center for San Francisco, including a new library building. [10] These plans were put on hold after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which destroyed about 140,000 volumes, nearly 80% of its holdings. The library moved to temporary quarters while a new building was designed ...
Hong Kong, HK Top 10 Winnie Young (Miss San Francisco 1991) competed as Miss Hong Kong 1995. ... San Francisco History Center. San Francisco Public Library.
Life in San Francisco's Chinatown. Heinemann Library, 2003. ISBN 1403405247, 9781403405241. Jorae, Wendy Rouse. Children of Chinatown: Growing Up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850–1920: Growing Up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850–1920. University of North Carolina Press, 2009. ISBN 0807898589, 9780807898581. Lim, Roger T.
In 1893, the San Francisco Call confidently bragged that according to an agent from the United States Department of Labor, there were no slums in the city. Although Chinatown was mentioned as a notable exception, the "unsavory, unsightly quarter" was thought to be "rapidly growing smaller and may finally reach the vanishing point" as immigration had been throttled by the Chinese Exclusion Act ...
Jun Ke Choy (Chinese: 蔡增基; pinyin: Cài Zēngjī; Wade–Giles: Tsai Tseng-chi; 1892 – July 9, 1981) [1] was a Chinese American politician who served as mayor of Hangzhou and the 14th chairman of the China Merchants Steamship Company Group, now known as China Merchants Group. [2]
[113] [114] According to the San Francisco Chronicle, activist Rose Pak then "almost single-handedly persuaded the city to build" the $1.5 billion Central Subway project to compensate Chinatown for the demolition of the freeway. [115] The 49-Mile Scenic Drive is routed through Chinatown, with particular attention paid to the corner of Grant and ...