Thus, the gate designed by a Chinese American based on historical Chinese gates has a more authentic claim to being the icon of Chinatown. While the gate is less than 50 years old, it’s a marker ...

Exploring San Francisco's Chinatown allows you to step back in time, to the city's early days.Established in the mid-19th century, it's the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest ...

What is it? Designed by Chinese-American architect Clayton Lee, this postcard-famous gate marks the southern entrance to Chinatown at Bush Street and Grant Avenue.

Still, this Chinatown retains historical significance with its Friendship Arch, which pays homage to D.C.’s sister city, Beijing, and was the largest single-span Chinatown gate in the world when ...

Chinatown Gate, originally built in 1975, was adopted from an ancient architectural gateway symbolizing Chinatowns worldwide. You can take a photo from the front on the Cermak side with gold ...

Its focal point is the Chinatown Gate, an elegant paifang arch capped with green tiles and flanked by marble lions that was donated to the city by Taiwan in 1982.

Heading north, you’ll find the Chinatown Gate, its inscription translating into “The World Is For All.” Many immigrants copy customs to prove they belong in America.

In the diaspora, they’re called Chinatown gates; in China, they’re paifang or pailou.They have appeared in most major American Chinatowns: an ornate gate that spans over a road, inscribed with ...