Gin Ling Way
Gin Ling Way
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Los Angeles
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Apr 18
Saturday, May 18
Rumors Chinatown Blockparty
Gin Ling Way: Chinatown
Saturday, May 18 at 5 pm
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Saturday, June 8
Jamie Jones - Chinatown
Gin Ling Way: Chinatown
Saturday, June 8 at 6 pm
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Home of the annual Rumors block party in Chinatown, LA.
The original Los Angeles Chinatown began in the late 1800s as a small settlement on Calle De Los Negros, between El Pueblo Plaza and Old Arcadia Street, and expanded east across Alameda Street. Suffering from absentee landlords and a lack of municipal services and code enforcement, the area was in decline when the city forced residents out and demolished it to make way for the new Union Station Terminal. Two new Chinatowns were created: China City, a tourist attraction, complete with rickshaw rides, brainchild of Christine Sterling, founder of Olvera Street; and New Chinatown, a business and residential neighborhood created and funded by the Chinese community under the leadership of Peter Soo Hoo. Both opened to great fanfare in 1938. New Chinatown was framed by two gates, or pailou. The West Gate, on North Hill Street opens onto Gin Ling Way and is adorned with a plaque commemorating the part played by the Chinese in building the railroads.
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