![]() Since it is one of the few open spaces in Chinatown and sits above a large underground parking lot, Portsmouth Square is used by people such as tai chi practitioners and old men playing Chinese chess. Ī major focal point in Chinatown is Portsmouth Square. It is dominated by mixed-use buildings that are three to four stories high, with shops on the ground floor and residential apartments upstairs. The other, Stockton Street (市德頓街), is frequented less often by tourists, and it presents an authentic Chinese look and feel reminiscent of Hong Kong, with its produce and fish markets, stores, and restaurants. One is Grant Avenue (都板街), with the Dragon Gate ("Chinatown Gate" on some maps) at the intersection of Bush Street and Grant Avenue, designed by landscape architects Melvin Lee and Joseph Yee and architect Clayton Lee Saint Mary's Square with a statue of Sun Yat-sen by Benjamin Bufano a war memorial to Chinese war veterans and stores, restaurants and mini-malls that cater mainly to tourists. Within Chinatown there are two major north–south thoroughfares. Owing to a combination of multifactorial issues, some more generally tied to socioeconomic difficulties afflicting downtown San Francisco itself, while other factors are more specific to this neighborhood, San Francisco's Chinatown faces a struggle for survival and is shrinking. It is within an area of roughly 1⁄ 2 mi (0.80 km) long (north to south) by 1⁄ 4 mi (0.40 km) wide (east to west) with the current boundaries being, approximately, Kearny Street in the east, Broadway in the north, Powell in the west, and Bush Street in the south. Officially, Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco, covers 24 square blocks, and overlaps five postal ZIP codes (94108, 94133, 94111, 94102, and 94109). ![]() Geography and location ġ1 Six Companies Washington Street in Chinatown with Transamerica Pyramid in the background. Due to a combination of factors, some more broad-based related to difficult circumstances for San Francisco itself, while other factors are more specific to this neighborhood, San Francisco's Chinatown faces a struggle for survival. Recent immigrants, many of whom are elderly, opt to live in Chinatown because of the availability of affordable housing and their familiarity with the culture. There are two hospitals, several parks and squares, numerous churches, a post office, and other infrastructure. ![]() Chinatown is an enclave that has retained its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identity. Since its establishment in the early 1850s, it has been important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants in North America. It is also the oldest and largest of the four notable Chinese enclaves within San Francisco. 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.
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