Group #1 Union Station & “Old” Chinatown

In 1936, as the dimly lit apartments and dilapidated shops and restaurants of “old” Chinatown were shoved aside by bulldozers, indefatigable Christine Sterling, the “mother of Olvera Street,” was appalled and inspired again. Her latest vision was a brand-new “China City”---an Asian equivalent to the tourist success of Olvera Street. ................
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