Chinatowns

The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest in Canada and second in age only to San Francisco's in North America, with its beginnings in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858. Its history goes back to the mid nineteenth century. It remains an active place for Chinese-Canadians, Victoria residents and tourists. Victoria's Chinatown is now surrounded by cultural, entertainment venues as well as being a venue itself. Chinatown is now conveniently just minutes away from other sites of interests such as the Save On Foods Memorial Centre, Bay Centre,Empress Hotel, Market Square, and others.

The Chinatown Gate

Street Name in Mandarin

Chinatown in Vancouver, British Columbia is Canada's largest Chinatown. 

To recognise the contribution of the Chinese as soldiers and railroad workers

The narrowest shophouse

The Chinatown, centered around Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia and is the oldest of the four notable Chinatowns in the city Since its establishment in 1848, it has been highly important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants in North America. Chinatown is an enclave that continues to retain its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identity. There are two hospitals, numerous parks and squares, a post office, and other infrastructure. Visitors can easily become immersed in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs and dragon parades. While recent immigrants and the elderly choose to live in here because of the availability of affordable housing and their familiarity with the culture,  the place is also a major tourist attraction, drawing more visitors annually than the Golden Gate Bridge.

 Went into this restaurant to have dinner

Chinatown , Los Angeles

Chinatown has two meanings in Los Angeles, California. It is known as a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses, including restaurants, shops and art galleries. It is also a residential neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, with a low-income, aging population and the highest proportion of Los Angeles residents who were born outside the United States, more than half in China and about an eighth in Mexico.

The Chinatown entrance

A typical street sign