The document provides information about Chinatown in Chicago, including:
1. Median household income is $36,856 and 24% of residents have lived in the neighborhood for over 5 years.
2. Directions for taking public transportation to Chinatown from Loyola University.
3. A brief history of Chinese immigration to Chicago and the establishment of Chinatown in 1905.
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Chicago's chinatown
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2. ● Median household income: $36,856
● 24% have lived here for more than 5 years
● 11% have moved within the last year
3. 1. From campus, go to
the Loyola CTA station
or the Granville station.
2. Head south on the red
line towards 95th/Dan-
Ryan.
3. Exit the train at the
Cermak-Chinatown
station
4. You have arrived.
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7. 1. Chinese immigrants and the West Coast
2. Transcontinental Railroad for transportation
3. Chicago's Chinatown - established in 1905
4. Large influx of chinese in 1960s
5. Made Chicago’s Chinatown their home
8. ● This mural is a replica of the larger Nine Dragon Wall built in Beijing.
● The dragons represent power, luck, and prayers.
● Traditionally, screen walls are built to separate the entrance to a home
from the outside world.
o Chicago’s Nine Dragon Wall separates the city from the arched
gateway into the Chinatown Square.
9. ● The area is lined with clothing and grocery stores, antique shops, and
restaurants.
● The architecture of buildings resembled those common in the chinese
culture.
o pagoda style roofs, and etched in designs of dragons and other
sacred animals.
10. ● In honor of Ping Tom, a prominent figure in the establishment of the
park.
o There is a sculpture of Tom in the pavillion (we didn’t get to see it)
● The park’s opening was in 1999
● Entrance is marked with 20 feet tall columns designed with dragons to
model a chinese courtyard.
● The park includes chinese gardens lined with bamboo trees and other
traditional chinese plants.
