Chinatown
Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.
Chinatown | |
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 Chinatown Gateway Monument, marking the entrance to Los Angeles' Chinatown | |
 Map of the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, as delineated by the Los Angeles Times | |
  Chinatown Location within Downtown Los Angeles | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′46″N 118°14′16″W / 34.062888°N 118.23789°W / 34.062888; -118.23789 | |
| Elevation | 94 m (308 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Zip codes | 90012 |
| Area code(s) | 213, 323 |
The original Chinatown developed in the late 19th century, and was demolished to make room for Union Station, the city's major ground-transportation center.[2][3][4] This neighborhood and commercial center, referred to as "New Chinatown," opened for business in 1938.
- ^ "Worldwide Elevation Finder".
- ^ Angels Walk–Union Station/El Pueblo/Little Tokyo/Center, published by Angels Walk LA, 2000
- ^ "Chinatown Los Angeles California, Restaurants in Chinatown, Pictures of Chinatown". Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Espinosa, Maggie (January 22, 2008). "L.A.'s Chinatown: A bit of Asia in our own backyard". San Diego Union-Tribune. North County Times. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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