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The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, ( Chinese: 唐人街; pinyin: tángrénjiē; Jyutping: tong4 jan4 gaai1) is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia. It is also the oldest and largest of the four notable Chinese enclaves within San Francisco.
224. ISBN. 978-0-87286-540-2. San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture is a book by Philip Choy, first published in 2012.
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In November 2001 the CHSA relocated and opened the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum and Learning Center in the Chinatown YWCA building. The National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded the CHSA its National Preservation Honor Award in 2004 for its work restoring and retrofitting the 1932 building, nicknamed the "Lantern on the ...
The mission is located in the Financial District in San Francisco. It also oversees Cultural Centers in Chinatown, San Francisco and Milpitas, California. The mission serves Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (or CCC) (simplified Chinese: 旧金山中华文化中心; traditional Chinese: 舊金山中華文化中心; pinyin: Jiùjīnshān Zhōnghuá Wénhuà Zhōngxīn; Jyutping: Gau 6 gam 1 saan 1 Zung 1 waa 4 Man 4 faa 3 Zung 1 sam 1) is a community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 as the operations center of the Chinese Culture ...
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 completely destroyed the Temple and all historical records. In 1910, the four-family forefathers built a new "Lung Kong Building" at 1034 Stockton Street which became the home of the San Francisco Lung Kong Association. In 1924, another building was acquired at 924 Grant Avenue, named the "Ming Yee Building ...
Ross Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown 1898. (Photo by Arnold Genthe). It was during the 1860s to the 1880s when San Francisco began to transform into a major city, starting with massive expansion in all directions, creating new neighborhoods such as the Western Addition, the Haight-Ashbury, Eureka Valley, the Mission District, culminating in the construction of Golden Gate Park in 1887.