Mott, Pell, and Bayard were the original three streets that formed the core of Chinatown in the mid to late 1800s.

	03 Jan 2007. Corner of Mott and Canal St.
	21 Feb 2002. Transfiguration Church and School, 29 Mott Street. On Saturdays, there is non-religious Chinese school.
	21 Feb 2002. Treats at Aji Ichiban, a Hong Kong based candy store. 37 Mott Street. Candied fruit, preserved plums, and dried squid are just some of the treats one will find here in addition to chocolates, and candy.
	21 April 2007. Peking Duck at the Peking Duck House during "Taste of Chinatown", a biannual event with $1-2 food tastings from a variety of Chinatown restaurants.
	25 Feb 2002. 32 Mott Street is currently the oldest shop in Chinatown established 1891. The store closed October 2003.
	22 April 2006. ...but reopened a year later.
	25 Feb 2002. Mott St. restaurants. Mott Street really took off as a tourist destination in the late 1800s when the first Chinese restaurants began appearing near Chatham Square, and people wanted to go "slumming" in places such as Chinatown. View this intersection in an old photo, by Byron, circa 1900, when an American Express office occupied the corner.
View this intersection in a 1970's photo when Lonnie's coffee shoppe and soda fountain was there, and article on rediscovering lonnie's old sign.
	The local video arcade, Chinatown Fair, 8 Mott Street.
	19 Feb 2002. Frogs at a fish stall on Mott Street between Grand and Hester Streets.
	21 June 2006. End of day specials at a produce stand. Most shoppers are value-conscious, looking for the best quality produce possible at the lowest prices they can find. Some shoppers are price-conscious, sacrificing quality for cheaper prices.
	October 2006. A collection of frog photos: (top left) kids playing with a frog; (top right) bucket of frogs; (bottom left) bag of frogs; (bottom right) frog in a pair of tongs.

NYC: Chinatown
by SoundWalk, 2003. Audio CD, 55 minutes.

"...If you can't make the trek to New York City, this is the closest you can come to first-hand experience of the sights, sounds, and personalities of the Lower East Side... Guided by a local personality, packed full of interviews, insights, recollections, and cinematic sound effects... This walking tour gives you the inside scoop on Chinatown's opium dens, sweatshops, Buddhist Temples, Chinese Mobsters, and more." --publisher's summary

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