The Chinatown Gateway Monument, often called the Dragon Gate, spans North Broadway just north of Cesar E. Chavez Avenue. You can identify it by the two large, gold-painted dragons that arch above the street, their bodies suspended over the…
Chinatown Plazas and Alleys
This walk guides you through the theatrical plazas, neon-lit alleyways, and historic spots of Central Chinatown. You'll see how 1930s Hollywood set designers, immigrant pioneers, and modern artists shaped this unique neighborhood.
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1. Chinatown Gateway Monument
2. Far East Plaza
Far East Plaza is a two-story building in Chinatown that wraps around an open-air central courtyard. Constructed in nineteen seventy-six, the structure was originally designed with every storefront zoned specifically for restaurant use.…
3. Chinatown Central Plaza
Chinatown Central Plaza is the pedestrian heart of this neighborhood, recognizable by the buildings with curved tiled roofs, red columns, and brightly painted facades. Opened on June twenty-fifth, nineteen thirty-eight, it was developed by…
4. Bruce Lee Statue
The seven-foot tall bronze statue in Los Angeles Chinatown depicts Bruce Lee in a martial arts stance, shirtless and holding a pair of nunchucks. Located in the Central Plaza at the intersection of Sun Mun Way and Jung Jing Road, the…
5. Chinatown Wishing Well
The Chinatown Wishing Well is a rough, concrete structure built above ground, painted in splotches of red, blue, green, and yellow. It sits in the center of Central Plaza, designed to mimic the natural, sprawling Seven Star Cavern in…
6. Phoenix Bakery
The Phoenix Bakery is identified by its logo: a potbellied boy dressed in traditional hanfu, hiding a box of sweets behind his back. Designed in the nineteen forties by the artist Tyrus Wong, the mascot appears on the signage of this…
7. Foo-Chow Restaurant
Foo-Chow Restaurant sits at nine hundred forty-nine North Hill Street in Los Angeles. It has operated as a family-run establishment since nineteen seventy-seven, serving Chinese cuisine in the heart of Chinatown. A prominent feature of the…
8. Chung King Road
Chung King Road is a pedestrian-only alleyway in Los Angeles, distinguished by its narrow width and the two-story buildings that line its path. Completed in nineteen forty-eight as part of the broader development of New Chinatown, the…