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 The Chinatown District is sectioned off by Bernard Street to the north, Cesar Chavez Street to the south, North Main Street to the east and Yale Street to the west. The area of Los Angeles’ Chinatown is located nowadays only a mile away from its original locale.
At 16 square blocks, this Chinatown is smaller in size than the Chinese quarters of San Francisco and New York, but L.A.'s version is nonetheless a fascinating bustle of family-owned shops, touristy malls, a profusion of packed dim sum houses and ethnic eateries, and recently, an influx of hip shops and art galleries. You can find anything from trinkets to fine art and jade jewelry here, and visit plazas with people just as diverse - several generations of locals, a new art crowd and tourists.
The Chinese settled nearby this once-rural area during the second half of the 19th century, and a small population still calls Chinatown home. The original settlement was recorded near the site of today's Union Station, but was forced out more than 80 years ago to make way for the train station. It now sits just three blocks to the north. In 1938, with the dedication of Central Plaza, the district became the first modern American Chinatown to be owned and planned from the ground up by Chinese. The main entrance to the district is marked by an elaborate golden dragon gateway spanning Broadway. |
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