According to the same source, starting in 1977, Frederic Hsieh bought up multiple properties in an effort to create what he described would be a "mecca for Chinese". The San Gabriel Valley in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles is home to the U.S.'s first suburban Chinatown (in Monterey Park, California), according to the Los Angeles Times, and is now one of the Chinese enclaves in the San Gabriel Valley. Main article: Chinese enclaves in the San Gabriel Valley Chinatown is home to family and regional associations and general service organizations for long time immigrants (called in Cantonese: 老華僑 Jyutping: lou5 waa4 kiu4), as well as ones founded by and for a second wave of Indochina-born immigrants after the Vietnam War ended. The enclave contains Buddhist temples, a Chinese Christian church (with services conducted in Cantonese), and Thien Hau Temple, a temple dedicated to the Chinese Goddess of the Sea that caters to Chinese and Vietnamese worshipers. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Kuomintang, adorning the northeast section. A sculpture of dueling gold dragons spans Broadway and marks the entrance to Chinatown with a statue honoring Dr. Formerly a " Little Italy," it is presently located along Hill Street, Broadway, and Spring Street near Dodger Stadium in downtown Los Angeles with restaurants, grocers, and tourist-oriented shops and plazas. It was the second Chinatown to be constructed in Los Angeles. In the city of Los Angeles, the old inner-city Chinatown was built during the late 1930s. However, most of its Chinese businesses and architecture are gone, though the neighborhood had a vibrant Chinese community in the early 1900s. Fresno įresno still has a neighborhood officially called Chinatown, near downtown. There was a Chinatown in Eureka which was established around the 1880s and spanned a block at Fourth and E streets. Given its relative proximity to East Asia and Southeast Asia, California has the largest number of Chinese among the American states, including the well-known Chinatown in San Francisco, an all-Chinese town of Locke built by Chinese immigrants, and Chinatowns in various cities throughout the state. Sources from a research project indicated that more than one Chinatown existed in the city of Phoenix, with one around First Street and Madison Street and a second at First Street and Adams Street in the present location of the Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Phoenix, Arizona Chinatown was started in the 1870s and lasted until the 1940s, with the general population scattering throughout the city thereafter. economy and rise of China's economy caused reverse migration and the decay of Chinatowns. Chinatown populations started to rise again. 1943 – The Magnuson Act was signed into law, repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act.Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese immigration into the United States, into law. 1860s, 1870s, 1880s – Racial and labor tensions led to incidents such as the Rock Springs Massacre and Hells Canyon Massacre.1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation opened up new opportunities for Chinese people in the Southern United States.1840s–1860s – Chinatowns began to emerge in the American West, spurred on by the California Gold Rush.įollowing is a general timeline of Chinatowns in the U.S.: Large metropolitan areas such as New York City continue to see large-scale immigration from mainland China, while other Chinatowns are no longer the ethnic enclaves they once were. Continuous demographic changes have drastically altered some Chinatowns. As Chinese immigrants began to move eastward, spurred on in part by labor needs for the Transcontinental Railroad, newer Chinatowns emerged by 1875 in cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. The earliest Chinatowns in the United States were established on the West Coast during the 19th century. 18.1 Carson City, Reno, and Virginia City.12.2 Rockville, Potomac, and North Potomac.
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