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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