The Chinatown that people don’t know,
- A city within a city
Our project focuses on Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, as the prime Chinese enclave in New York City.
Chinatown functions as ‘a city within city’. It is read as a neighborhood, people have based their lives here, making it a centre for utilities for chinese community from medicare to schools. The process attempts to understand the underlying markers that made it survive as a self-sufficient community area despite of the homogeneous development around in the city.
Different outlooks to build a dynamic image of the neighborhood-
● Alex Ho, as an educator working in Museum of Chinese American // talks about the historical aspect of Chinatown in laying out strong roots for it to survive.
● Anna_resident from China //lived in Chinatown for 2 months //compares the
spread to an actual city in China.
● Mei_Chinatown local for 30 years //shares genius loci of the area and local lives.
● Linda and Howard_ tourist from Miami //visualize Chinatown as a typical chinese city with amazing food, herbs, teas etc.
