• Film Bridge
  • About Film Bridge
  • Bio for Jody
  • Made in Chinatown
  • Chinatown Life
  • Friends of Chinatown
  • The Wishing Well
  • The Gateways
  • Harry Quillen's Chinatown
  • Finding the Dragon of China City
  • The Five Sincere Gifts
  • The Flower Boys
  • Central Plaza History
  • Historic Photos
  • History of West Plaza
  • Chinatown 2002
  • Ling's Market
  • The Six Chinatowns
  • Signs of Chinatown
  • ISO Mee Yee Loo
  • Original Neon
  • In Memory of Fongs
  • With Love to Sincere Gifts
  • Fung Lums
  • History & Stories
  • Hop Louie Over Time
Film Bridge Locations

The Six Chinatowns of Los Angeles


1.  
Old Chinatown, 
Los Angeles St and Cesar Chavez
1850-1935

2.  

City Market
San Pedro and 9th-11th Street
1850 to Present
 
3. 
New Chinatown, Central Plaza
1937-Present
 

4.  
China City
Alameda and Ord 
1938-39 and 1940-1949
The Good Earth sets. Burned down twice
 

5.  
Greater Chinatown
Chang Kai Shek Road, West Plaza, Chung King Plaza
1942 to Present
 

6.  
New Chinatown 2
1980s to Present
Monterey Park, Alhambra