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| description = San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia.  Since its establishment in the 1840s, it has been highly important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants to the United States and North America.
|idea=Social, political, and ethnic enclave in the heart of San Francisco is also the seat of a powerful ''something''
|aspects=* A Dragon coils round my borders
|face=Wong Fei Hung
|faction=Category:Chinatown (Faction)
|address=613 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108
|neighborhood=Chinatown
|imagename=Chinatowngate.jpg
|imagecaption=The Dragon Gate
|description=San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia.  Since its establishment in the 1840s, it has been highly important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants to the United States and North America.


Chinatown is an active enclave that continues to retain its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identities. Popularly known as a "city-within-a-city", it has developed its own government, traditions, over 300 restaurants, and as many shops.  There are two hospitals, numerous parks and squares, a post office, and other infrastructure.  Visitors can easily become immersed in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs and dragon parades. In addition to it being a starting point and home for thousands of Chinese immigrants, it is also a major tourist attraction -- drawing more visitors annually to the neighborhood than the [[Golden Gate Bridge]].
Chinatown is an active enclave that continues to retain its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identities. Popularly known as a "city-within-a-city", it has developed its own government, traditions, over 300 restaurants, and as many shops.  There are two hospitals, numerous parks and squares, a post office, and other infrastructure.  Visitors can easily become immersed in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs and dragon parades. In addition to it being a starting point and home for thousands of Chinese immigrants, it is also a major tourist attraction -- drawing more visitors annually to the neighborhood than the [[Golden Gate Bridge]].


The borders of Chinatown are roughly Broadway, Columbus Avenue, Kearney Street, Bush Street, and Taylor Street.
 
| idea = Social, political, and ethnic enclave in the heart of San Francisco is also the seat of a powerful ''something''
 
| face = Wong Fei Hung
===Editor's Notes===
| aspects = * A Dragon coils round my borders
In a rare departure from the "real" world, The Dragon Gate in this version of San Francisco is at the intersection of California and Grant, instead of Bush and Grant.
| coordinates = 37.7945° N, 122.4048° W
| imagename = Chinatowngate.jpg
| imagecaption = The Dragon Gate
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 12:44, 17 July 2023

The General Idea

Social, political, and ethnic enclave in the heart of San Francisco is also the seat of a powerful something

Aspects

  • A Dragon coils round my borders

The Face

Wong Fei Hung

Related Faction

Category:Chinatown (Faction)

Address

613 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108

Is Neighborhood

Chinatown

The Dragon Gate

Description

San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia. Since its establishment in the 1840s, it has been highly important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants to the United States and North America.

Chinatown is an active enclave that continues to retain its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identities. Popularly known as a "city-within-a-city", it has developed its own government, traditions, over 300 restaurants, and as many shops. There are two hospitals, numerous parks and squares, a post office, and other infrastructure. Visitors can easily become immersed in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs and dragon parades. In addition to it being a starting point and home for thousands of Chinese immigrants, it is also a major tourist attraction -- drawing more visitors annually to the neighborhood than the Golden Gate Bridge.


Editor's Notes

In a rare departure from the "real" world, The Dragon Gate in this version of San Francisco is at the intersection of California and Grant, instead of Bush and Grant.