Audio: Listen to an interview by Suellen Cheng, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument about the Garnier Building. The… more
Audio: William Estrada details information regarding the Chinese Massacre of 1871. Anti-Chinese sentiment rose because of increased immigration and employment… more
Audio: David Fon Lee shares his memories of Historic Chinatown. Even after the Chinese Massacre, people continued to move to… more
Audio: Marian Lee recounts her experience working in China City with her mom. The “Shanghai Street” sign is one of… more
Audio: Danee Prasert from the Chinatown Service Center discusses the diversity of Far East Plaza. The Immigration and Naturalization Act… more
This square was dedicated to Delbert E. Wong in 2013 and is the first recognition of a Chinese American by… more
The Chinatown Branch Library is one of seventy two public libraries in the city of Los Angeles. Established in 1977,… more
The Thien Hau Temple was an Italian Baptist church. The Chinese-Vietnamese Camau Association purchased and converted the original structure into… more
Audio: Edmund Soo Hoo, who played basketball at the Alpine Recreation Center and later worked to oversee the Center, shares… more
Completed in 1952 after the resettling of Chinatown, the Chinese Confucius Temple School is rooted in the long history of… more
Founded in 1882, Castelar School is the second oldest elementary school out of the four hundred in the Los Angeles… more
The Pacific Alliance Medical Center, originally the French Hospital, built in 1869 by the French Benevolent Association, is the oldest… more
Audio: Al Soo-Hoo share his childhood memories of the West Plaza. The West Plaza and Chungking Road, completed in 1948,… more
Audio: Al Soo-Hoo recalls growing up in Central Plaza. New Chinatown, considered the first planned Chinatown in the United States,… more
Conceived and designed by Professor Liu Hong Kay from Los Angeles, the Wishing Well is modeled after the Sacred Seven… more
Inside the plaza, the streets are named after the three People’s Principles of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the maiden name… more
During festive occasions like Lunar New Year, stages and booths are set up throughout Chinatown; lion dancers snake through the… more
The mural of a fiery dragon was created by noted watercolor artist Tyrus Wong in 1941 and restored in 1984… more
Facing the statue is the East Gate, one of the most popular landmarks of Los Angeles’ Chinatown. Y.C. Hong, the… more
At the corner of Bamboo Lane and Broadway is Pheonix Bakery. The family-owned bakery, established in 1938, originated the famous… more
Early Chinese immigrants in America often found themselves in a strange and hostile environment. Thus, they created family, fraternal, and… more
On the site of a 19th century brickyard are two Victorian-era cottages built by Philip Fritz, an immigrant from Alsace,… more