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A Walk Around Chinatown, Los Angeles
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A Walk Around Chinatown, Los Angeles



Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops and art galleries but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 20,000 residents.

The original Chinatown developed in the late 19th century, but it was demolished to make room for Union Station, the city’s major ground-transportation center. A separate commercial center, known as “New Chinatown,” opened for business in 1938.

Street and natural limits of the Chinatown neighborhood are: north, Beaudry Avenue, Stadium Way, North Broadway; east, the Los Angeles River; and southwest, Cesar Chavez Avenue.] Chinatown beyond the concentrated business center is flanked by the Elysian Park to the north, Lincoln Heights to the east, Downtown to the south and southwest and Echo Park to the west and northwest.

There are two schools and a branch library in Chinatown, as well as a city park and a state park. Many motion pictures have been filmed in the area.

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  2. Myrna Fields

    Lovely. You've filmed another spot that I always ride by but never stop and explore. I don't know why that is. Is there any authentic Chinese food there or is it all Americanized? I noticed that in the restaurant you were in the chopsticks were not Chinese but Japanese. I wonder why that is. I imagine it has something to do with them being bought in bulk. Thanks for posting this.

  7. Julie Ann Racino

    Visited Chinatown via a downtown tour of Los Angeles via a city taxi! I was particularly interested due to inquiries on "community integration" regarding individuals with disabilities and their families, and the "whole idea" of assimilation, integration, segregation, Indian reservations, and waves of immigration to ethnic neighborhoods. Quite a push for families hiring their own workers ("ethnicity factors"), and the development of dedicated NGOs in human services (in New York City, "Caribbean services"). Julie Ann Racino, ASPA, International Chapter, 2019

  8. Davin Nguyen

    All through before gta 5 came out they were ment to add Chinatown but no rockstar said no about that town

  17. David Buchman

    Michael, great photography, what kind of camera are you using? Looks expensive, like with a steadicam device.

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