could help out with the family business.” “They would live on the premises as well. “Businesses made it easier for to establish themselves because a lot of it was family businesses,” Menard said. citizenship and limited the professions they could enter, Menard said. Nicole Lee, how can we leverage the success or the resources that we have from Chicago’s Chinatown and work with our neighbors - Bronzeville, Pilsen or even South Loop - to continue to thrive?”Ĭhicago’s original Chinatown was established in the late 1800s along Clark Street between Harrison and Van Buren streets after Chinese American residents opened a hand laundry business and a grocery store, according to Mabel Menard, the interim executive director of the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.ĭuring that era, the federal Chinese Exclusion Act barred Chinese immigrants from seeking U.S. “Chicago’s Chinatown is definitely growing,” said Zhong, who on Sunday is hosting the Chinatown Summer Fair. Chicago Public Schools officials’ plans to build a new high school on the Near South Side that would serve communities including Chinatown have been met with controversy over where that school should be built. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, also recently was elected to represent the 48th Ward. Nicole Lee, now represents the 11th Ward that includes Chinatown. The Chicago City Council’s first Asian American female member, Ald. The growing numbers of residents and businesses have translated into political power for the community. On Halsted Street in Bridgeport, restaurants serving various Chinese cuisines have blossomed. They now can be found miles away along Archer Avenue. Chicago’s Asian population, fastest growing in city, is booming south of Chinatown - especially in former Daley strongholdĬhinese American businesses have spread beyond Chinatown’s bustling hub centered around Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue.
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