Welcome to America's Chinatowns

Celebrate their history, culture, and communities

In collaboration with...

National Trust for Historic PreservationWelcome to ChinatownAsian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic PreservationSmithsonian Asian Pacific American CenterCenter for Asian American Media (CAAM)Asian American Arts Alliance
and 10 more collections
"Preserving Chinatown is important because it helps us look back on our history... taking care of what came there before, but also what's going on there now, and thinking about how you bridge the gap between generations."Lauren Yee, playwright

Culture at risk

Can you guess where the largest Chinatown is?
In the US and the whole Western Hemisphere
New York

Chinatown then and now

Explore the Streets of New York Chinatown

Through photographs by Emile Bocian

"We must all support America’s Chinatowns today or they won't exist for others to enjoy tomorrow... go to your local Chinatown, eat in the restaurants, shop in the market stores and bakeries."Grace Young, advocate, cookbook author, and culinary historian
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