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Identifier
post_00055
Title
New
Chinatown
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1960
Subject (Topic)
Chinese
Restaurants--California--Los
Angeles
;
Decoration
and
ornament
,
Architectural--California--Los
Angeles
;
Gift
shops--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Place)
Chinatown
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Mitock
&
Sons
Place of Publication
13561
1/2
Ventura
Blvd.
,
Sherman
Oaks
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
Looking
north
onto
Central
Plaza
;
restaurant
Tuey
Far
Low
on
left
;
straight
ahead
is
Ginling
Gifts
,
Hong
Kong
Restaurant
and The
Phoenix
Bakery
in the
right
corner
;
automobiles
parked
outside
Hong
Kong
restaurant
;
People
walking
;
sign
on
awning
of
Ginling
Gifts
reads
:
Chinaware
;
beneath
Hong
Kong
,
sign
reads:"Genuine
Chinese
Dishes
"
brick
patio
with
wishing
well
and
benches
in the
center
of the
plaza
.
Historical Background
The
original
Los
Angeles
Chinatown
began
in the
late
1800s
as a
small
settlement
on
Calle
De
Los
Negros
,
between
El
Pueblo
Plaza
and
Old
Arcadia
Street
, and
expanded
east
across
Alameda
Street
.
Suffering
from
absentee
landlords
and a
lack
of
municipal
services
and
code
enforcement
, the
area
was in
decline
when
the
city
forced
residents
out
and
demolished
it
to
make
way
for the
new
Union
Station
Terminal
.
Two
new
Chinatowns
were
created
:
China
City
, a
tourist
attraction
,
complete
with
rickshaw
rides
,
brainchild
of
Christine
Sterling
,
founder
of
Olvera
Street
; and
New
Chinatown
, a
business
and
residential
neighborhood
created
and
funded
by the
Chinese
community
under
the
leadership
of
Peter
Soo
Hoo
.
Both
opened
to
great
fanfare
in
1938
.
New
Chinatown
has
come
to be
known
as
Old
Chinatown
Plaza
.
Tuey
Far
Low
,
first
located
in
old
Chinatown
on
Alameda
and
Marchessault
, was the
site
of a
fundraising
banquet
in the
early
1900s
in
support
of
Sun
Yat-Sen's
fight
for a
Chinese
republic
. On
April
22nd
,
1937
,
Peter
Soo
Hoo
,
Herbert
Lapham
and
others
met
there to
form
a
corporation
to
build
New
Chinatown
.
Tuey
Far
Low
reopened
on
Sun
Mun
Way
in the
Central
Plaza
in
1938
.
Phoenix
Bakery
now
at
corner
of
North
Broadway
and
Bamboo
Lane
,
is
famous
for its
strawberry
shortcake
with
whipped
cream
.
Owned
and
operated
by
two
brothers
,
Fun
Chow
Chan
and
Fun
Lun
Chan
,
it
was
originally
located
inside
the
Central
Plaza
next
to
Hong
Kong
Low
restaurant
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"Art and Gift shops. Herb and spice shops. Oriental nightclubs and restaurants comprise the buildings of Chinatown, following the traditional style of Oriental architecture."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: P20262
Additional Notes
Printed
using
the
Plastichrome
process
by
Colourpicture
,
Boston
,
Mass
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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