Chinatown

Chinatown in Downtown Los Angeles, California, was originally located less than a mile from its current location. While Chinatown generally does not have the activity of Chinatown, San Francisco-still regarded as the largest and most historic Chinatown in North America because of the huge Chinese population in that city-it still attracts visitors throughout the Los Angeles area and throughout the world. However, there are many businesses in Chinatown that generally cater mainly to the local community rather than the tourism economy. Many of the older buildings built in the 1930s and 1940s in the northeast corner of New Chinatown (near the Pasadena Freeway) were previously abandoned. As part of gentrification movement, they are now primarily used as art galleries by artists. It has also been turned into a center of nightlife.

There is relatively little social interaction between these artists and business owners and the Chinatown Chinese-speaking residents. Many elderly residents usually lounge in the court of Central Plaza. The historic Hop Sing Tong Society is located in Central Plaza, as are several other Chinatown lodges and guilds. Source wikipedia

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