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1005_China_Brc_Mech_Rev1.qxd 12/27/04 10:28 AM Page 1 www.ExploreChinatown.com Chinatown Photos by Corky Lee Corky by Photos Chinatown Walk east on Worth Street one block to Columbus Park. Columbus to block one Street Worth on east Walk From the Courthouses/Centre Street Courthouses/Centre the From walk east. walk EXPLORE Walk uptown on Church Street or Broadway to Canal Street. Turn right and and right Turn Street. Canal to Broadway or Street Church on uptown Walk From World Trade Center Site (corner of Church Street & Vesey Street) Vesey & Street Church of (corner Site Center Trade World From Walk uptown on Pearl Street (which becomes St. James Place) to Chatham Square. Chatham to Place) James St. becomes (which Street Pearl on uptown Walk From South Street Seaport or Wall Street Wall or Seaport Street South From Walk downtown on Mulberry Street to Canal Street. 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Come explore the neighborhood the explore Come courthouses. the and Hall City from SoHo, South Street Seaport, TriBeCa, Little Italy, Wall Street, Wall Italy, Little TriBeCa, Seaport, Street South SoHo, from accessible by subway and bus and within walking distance walking within and bus and subway by accessible easily Located on the east side of Lower Manhattan, Chinatown is Chinatown Manhattan, Lower of side east the on Located buffs. Exciting festivals and nightlife for all. for nightlife and festivals Exciting buffs. current news on events, festivals and special offers. special and festivals events, on news current landmarks and cultural treasures for collectors and history and collectors for treasures cultural and landmarks events — you’ll find it all there. Sign up for our email newsletter for newsletter email our for up Sign there. all it find you’ll — events produce and fish markets for the gourmand. Arts, antiques, Arts, gourmand. the for markets fish and produce Chinatown New York City. Restaurants, shops, tours, maps, culture, maps, tours, shops, Restaurants, City. York New Chinatown jewelry shops for you and your family. Supermarkets, fresh Supermarkets, family. your and you for shops jewelry www.ExploreChinatown.com your entry point to point entry your , rants, teahouses and bakeries to sample. Gift, fashion and fashion Gift, sample. to bakeries and teahouses rants, there is something for everyone. An endless array of restau- of array endless An everyone. for something is there Experience the sights, feel the pulse, challenge your senses — senses your challenge pulse, the feel sights, the Experience experience not found anywhere else in the world. the in else anywhere found not experience immigrants, Chinatown offers a unique historical and cultural and historical unique a offers Chinatown immigrants, Manhattan. Founded in the late 1870’s by Chinese by 1870’s late the in Founded Manhattan. in hoods in the United States, is located in one of the oldest neighbor- oldest the of one in located is States, United the in Chinatown New York City York New Chinatown , the largest Chinatown Chinatown largest the Explore the Streets of Chinatown Explore the History of Chinatown Each street in Chinatown possesses its own distinctive personality. Often overlooked, Chinatown is the site of a rich history that not Whether characterized by their stores and restaurants or their unique only tells the story of the Chinese-American experience, but also size and shape, the streets of Chinatown provide a fascinating cul- that of early Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants. Today, remnants tural experience on every block. of the neighborhood’s European-American ancestry stand side-by- side with more recent Asian-inspired landmarks. 1 MOTT STREET & CANAL STREET 6 CHATHAM SQUARE 10 CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION Considered by many the heart of Chinatown. Site of the Kim Lau Memorial Arch, erected in1962 Located on Mott Street at Pell Street, the Walk downtown on Mott Street and experience in memory of the Chinese Americans who church stands unchanged in the midst of the culinary delights of Asia. You’ll come upon died in WWII, and a statue of Lin Ze Xu, a restaurants and gift shops. The church the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America 19th-century anti-drug hero in China. of New York City immigrants since 1801, and the Church of the Transfiguration, one of the East of the Square, on Division Street, serving – in succession – the Irish, Italian oldest churches in Manhattan. Canal Street is is Confucius Plaza, where a statue of and, currently, the Chinese community. known for its jewelry stores and shopping bargains. Confucius stands near the tallest Sermons are delivered in Cantonese as residential building in Chinatown. well as English. 2 GRAND STREET & MOTT STREET This is where to start if you’re shopping for fresh ingredients.You’ll find 7 COLUMBUS PARK 11 MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TEMPLE rows of fish and vegetable markets as well as grocery stores stocking all Between Mulberry Street and Baxter Street, The largest Buddhist temple in Chinatown, across kinds of Asian spices and sauces. For those looking to eat, rather than below Bayard Street. Chinatown’s largest park, from the Manhattan Bridge. See the golden Buddha, cook, restaurants and specialty food stores abound. where you can often see people practicing Tai Chi in the morning, perhaps the largest in New York, seated serenely on a lotus. playing table games or relaxing with their pet song birds. Created in the 3 DOYERS STREET 1890’s to improve the Five Points neighborhood, it is a major recreational 12 FIRST SHEARITH ISRAEL CEMETERY Off Mott Street, running between Pell Street and facility used for sports, festivals and outdoor events. At St. James Place, just off Chatham Square. Dating from1683, this is Chatham Square, this unusual street features the oldest Jewish cemetery in New York City. a 90-degree turn. You may recognize it from 8 FIVE POINTS movies and TV shows. According to legend, the At the intersection of today’s Mosco, Worth and Baxter Streets, and 13 EDWARD MOONEY HOUSE merchants built the street crooked so that straight- named for the intersection of the five streets that converged at the south At the corner of Bowery and Pell Street, the oldest flying ghosts couldn’t move through it.Today you’ll end of what is now Columbus Park. Site of the city’s first tenements, it was townhouse in New York City was built in 1785 find the local post office, one of Chinatown’s first dim sum built to accommodate the massive immigration of Germans and Irish. after the Revolutionary War by Edward Mooney, restaurants and lots of barber shops. a butcher. It became a tavern in the 1820’s, a 9 MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN THE AMERICAS store and hotel in the early 20th century, then 4 BAXTER STREET BETWEEN CANAL STREET & BAYARD STREET Housed in a late 19th-century schoolhouse at 70 Mulberry Street, a pool parlor, a restaurant, a Chinese club, and A slice of Saigon, where you’ll find a row of restaurants specializing in 2nd floor. One of the most important national archives of today, it is a community bank. The architecture com- Vietnamese cuisine, known for its healthy abundance of fresh herbs and Chinese history in America, it offers special exhibits, bines late Georgian and early Federal styles. vegetables, minimal use of oil and treatment of meat as a condiment public programs and tours of Chinatown. rather than a main course. Thanks to: Museum of Chinese in the Americas 5 EAST BROADWAY The neighborhood of Chinatown’s newest immigrants, it is largely the home of the Fujianese, from China’s southeastern coast. Find street mar- kets and dining choices in the hustle and bustle of endless commerce. www.ExploreChinatown.com 1005_China_Brc_Mech_Rev1.qxd 12/27/04 10:28 AM Page 1 www.ExploreChinatown.com Chinatown Photos by Corky Lee Corky by Photos Chinatown Walk east on Worth Street one block to Columbus Park. Columbus to block one Street Worth on east Walk From the Courthouses/Centre Street Courthouses/Centre the From walk east. walk EXPLORE Walk uptown on Church Street or Broadway to Canal Street. Turn right and and right Turn Street. Canal to Broadway or Street Church on uptown Walk From World Trade Center Site (corner of Church Street & Vesey Street) Vesey & Street Church of (corner Site Center Trade World From Walk uptown on Pearl Street (which becomes St. James Place) to Chatham Square. Chatham to Place) James St. becomes (which Street Pearl on uptown Walk From South Street Seaport or Wall Street Wall or Seaport Street South From Walk downtown on Mulberry Street to Canal Street. Canal to Street Mulberry on downtown Walk From Little Italy Little From From Broadway, walk east on Canal Street or Worth Street. Worth or Street Canal on east walk Broadway, From From TriBeCa From Walk downtown on Broadway, turn left on Canal Street.