Chicago's Chinatown contains several attractions and parks, including Ping Tom Park, Chinatown Square, and the Nine Dragon Wall. The population is around 49,645 people, with the Asian population making up around 27,000, about 90% of whom are Chinese. Chinatown was originally located at Van Buren and Clark Streets but landlords raised rents, forcing many to relocate south to the current location along Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue. The Chinese population in Chicago has grown over time, starting in the 1870s with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and increasing in the 1950s-60s due to immigration laws and events like the Communist takeover of China.

1. Chicago Chinatown

2. Activities/Attractions
● Ping Tom Park: 300 W. 19th St.
● Chinatown Square:2100 S. Wentworth Ave.
● The Nine Dragon Wall:158 W. Cermak Road
● Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 238
W 23rd St.
● Chinatown Gate
"City Walk: Discovering Chicago's Chinatown, Chicago, USA." City Walk: Discovering Chicago's Chinatown, Chicago, USA. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
"Home." Chicago Chinatown Chamber. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
Ping Tom Memorial Park. N.p., n.d. Web.

3. Bubble Tea at Joy Yee’s!

4. More Pictures!

5. Transportation
Go to the Loyola Station. Hop On the Red Line
going South and one of the stops is
Chinatown/Cermark.
http://www.transitchicago.
com/assets/1/rail_route_schedules/red.pdf

6. Demographics
● Population: 49,645
○ 51.5% Female, 48.5% Male
● “The Asian population in this area is about 27,000 and
perhaps 90% are Chinese” (Yu)
"Chinatown." Point2home. Point2, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
Yu, Long. "Unlike New York, Nobody's Leaving Chicago's Chinatown." Medill Reports. N.p. Web. 13 Oct.
2014.

7. Demographics continued
● Households: 21,717
○ 2.11 people per household
● Median Income: $46,350
"Chinatown." Point2home. Point2, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.

8. History ~ Why did people come?
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
● 1870s First Chinese Immigrants in Chicago
○ There was racism and hostility against them
○ By 1890, there were 567 Chinese in the city
○ Laundry (430) shops and Restaurants (160)
1948 Communist Takeover of Mainland China
● The largest influx of Chinese came in 1950s and 1960s
○ lenient immigration law was practiced
○ Chinese population in Chicago doubled itself from 7,000 to 14,000
● 1970:Chicago ranked 4th in Chinese population in America
"Chinatown, Chicago." Wikipedia. Wikimedia
Foundation, 8 Sept. 2014. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.

9. History ~ Where They Settled
1. Origin: 1905 Van Buren and Clark Streets
● Landlords raised the rent, 1/2 of Chinese population forced to move south
2. Cermak and Wentworth Avenue (present South Chinatown)
● The hub of the Chinatown
● (Cermak Road, the railway embankment, Wentworth, 26th Street)
● Affordable housing is limited, Archer Courts and the Amour Square
● Immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
○ newcomers
■ stay with relatives in the city, learn language
■ familiar with life, move to suburbs
■ replaced by newcomers
3. The Argyle & Broadway area, north side of Chicago
● "Small Saigon"
● flourishing, never attained the prominence of the South Chinatown
"History." Chicago-Chinatown. Vision I Systems, n.d. Web. 13
Oct. 2014.

10. History - Reasons for Moving
● Problems
○ Rent prices
○ Discrimination
○ Overcrowding
○ High non-chinese crime rate
○ Disagreements within the Chinese Community
● Way to solve these problems
○ Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association: An assistance center, school, shrine,
meeting hall, or office space to bring concerns in community
"Chinatown, Chicago." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 8
Sept. 2014. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.

11. Works Cited
"Chinatown, Chicago." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 8 Sept. 2014. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
"Chinatown." Point2home. Point2, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
"City Walk: Discovering Chicago's Chinatown, Chicago, USA." City Walk: Discovering Chicago's Chinatown,
Chicago, USA. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
"History." Chicago-Chinatown. Vision I Systems, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
"Home." Chicago Chinatown Chamber. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
Ping Tom Memorial Park. N.p., n.d. Web.
Yu, Long. "Unlike New York, Nobody's Leaving Chicago's Chinatown." Medill Reports. N.p. Web. 13 Oct.
2014.