Chinatown

San Francisco Businesses Thrive Without Parking

The San Francisco neighborhood of Chinatown temporarily removed parking from Stockton Street for a week during the busy Lunar New Year season. Aaron Bialick reports on the results.

26 January 2012 - 6:00am

Streetsblog San Francisco

Latest NYC Neighborhood Acronym: Chumbo

Chumbo (Chinatown Under the Manhattan Bridge) is drawing young creative types to a slice of Chinatown with--what else--low rent. Is this neighborhood within a neighborhood big enough for long-time residents and newcomers?

2 December 2011 - 5:00am

The Wall Street Journal

Chinatown Bids for BID Status in NYC

The famous district in Manhattan may finally get the special status needed to provide more services to its residents and businesses.

4 February 2011 - 8:00am

The Wall Street Journal

Building Communities With Legos and Plastic Bottles

GOOD Magazine follows planner James Rojas as he engages a community in the act of planning in his own particular fashion, using everyday objects and building blocks.

17 August 2009 - 12:00pm

GOOD Magazine

No Ordinary Chinatown

Chinese designers are flocking to Prato, Italy and forging a new sort of Chinatown that look more like modern-day China.

5 January 2009 - 9:00am

Chicago Tribune

Mike Lydon

Of Songs And Cities: Listening To NYC's Columbus Park

Mon, 10/13/2008 - 04:05

Jane Jacobs once said, “Songs and cities are the best things about us. Songs and cities are so indispensable.”

For a long time I thought Mother Jacobs was speaking, as only she could, about two separate, but vital human necessities. Yet after another weekend exploring New York City, I am convinced the two—songs and cities—are inextricably linked. That is, truly great cities play their own songs, and after one listen you can’t get them out of your head.

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Chinatown Debates Gentrification, as Hipsters Descend

New York's Chinatown has been impenetrable to non-Chinese entrepreneurs for a century, but new glitzy bars and restaurants are beginning to push through. In a neighborhood that has suffered since 9/11, locals debate the merits of outsider investment.

18 September 2008 - 2:00pm

Time Out NY

Chinatown Reimagined

A Chinese architecture team has proposed a futuristic star-shaped city of 15,000 that would visit cities around the world and change the stereotypes of Chinatowns.

15 September 2008 - 12:00pm

Building

Chinatown BID Plans Fuel Debate

Facing gentrification and skyrocketing property prices, business owners in New York's Chinatown are thinking about forming a Business Improvement District. Many say the plan would hurt small businesses.

21 April 2008 - 8:00am

The Villager