num_pages: 128
description: By 1900 the Chinese population of Los Angeles City and County had grown to over 3000 residents who were primarily situated around an enclave called Old Chinatown. When Old Chinatown was razed to build Union Station Chinese business owners led by Peter SooHoo Sr. purchased land a few blocks north of downtown to build New Chinatown. Both New Chinatown and another enclave called China City opened in 1938 but China City ultimately closed down after a series of fires.
language: English
title: Chinatown and China City in Los Angeles
publisher: Arcadia Publishing