A Journey Through Chinatown
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What's New
09 Nov 2011using hd camcorder for videos now.
09 Oct 2011added a new VIDEO page containing items of local news, and interest.

17 Sep 2011using a camera canon 300 hs elph for recording videos at 720p
05 Sep 2011Chinatown bus goons attempt to intimidate me. VIDEO &
BACKGROUND STORY leading up to this incident.
01 Sep 2011recording more videos
24 Jan 2010stanton st and rivington st storefronts upped.
20 Jan 2010photos of 2100 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
17 Oct 2009photos of 2000 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
09 Sep 2009photos of 1900 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
11 Jul 2009photos of 1800 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
18 Apr 2009photos of 1700 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
17 Mar 2009I fucking hate chinatown.
13 Mar 2009photos of 1600 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived.
06 Nar 2009my entire site has been bombarded with bloomberg for mayor ads. totally irrelevant, and they are blocking out all other business ads. bloomberg's campaign don't care who they drown out on their way to the top; placed their website on adsense filter.
tbavideos. I will try and make this a priority.
01 Jan 2009photos of 1500 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
03 Jul 2008NEW camera canon 40d
02 May 2008photos of 1000 chinatown/soho addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
01 Mar 2008photos of 750+ chinatown addresses/properties now archived in the storefronts section.
Jan 2007added a section on chinatown storefronts featuring high quality exterior photos of stores and shops, and other property photos.
tbaadditional maps. more info about chinatown.
17 May 2006updated canal street maps
30 Oct 2005NEW camera canon xt, beginning to add a few new photos here and there.
Nov 2004went to an advertising model to support this website. ads appear primarily on the more commercial sections of the website.
23 Nov 2004The Chinatown food & shopping directory has been added.
08 Nov 2004The domain for this site is http://www.nychinatown.org. please update your booksmarks accordingly, thanks!
13 July 2004fixed a javascript error that I noticed under Firefox browser.
20 June 2004Aside from a few minor updates, also added The Chinese Cook Book, an old 1917 cookbook helping one learn how to cook Chinese cuisine. It includes addresses of Chinatown grocery stores, and price lists.
16 May 2003A variety of newspaper articles about Chinatown have been added.
16 May 2003Added 1 new (but year-old) photo to Division Street page.
21 Mar 2003The Flushing page and maps are finally up.
14 Mar 2003The Flushing map will be online in about a week.
06 Jan 2003More Five Points related maps, and illustrations have been added. Does anybody have access to Five Points photos by Benjamin Falk, and by E. Anthony? no? well scrap that idea...
09 Dec 2002Added an 1800s page with a map of the Five Points, the Collect Pond, Old Brewery. More illustrations and photos to follow
10 Nov 2002Added a map of Canal Street that may benefit visitors.
07 Nov 2002The bookstore is now open featuring a list of recommended, and related titles on Chinatown, the Five Points, Asian American culture, kids and teens books, etc.
02 Nov 2002Redesign of website to streamline navigation. If you find any bad links, or something missing/odd, please report them to me, thanks.
27 Oct 2002Added a historical photo page, and links page.
01 Oct 2002coming soon... tax lot info, (general) land value, plus a slight revision on the maps.
30 Sep 2002...updates are on hold.
29 Jun 2002Added in a zoning map along with other updates to the brooklyn chinatown map.
26 Jul 2002Took a looong walk through Brooklyn today (~12 miles including the length of Chinatown three or four times). Along the way, I saw a colony of wild parrots living in a cemetery; witnessed a guy slip and crash his motorcycle; and seen two large white doves wandering Smith Street (pets). Anyway, I added a limited Brooklyn Chinatown page along with a map of Brooklyn Chinatown.
04 Jul 2002Added in a zoning, and land use option to the interactive map. Eerily quiet today in New York City. Saw the fireworks, Happy Fourth!
04 Jun 2002Added in a Banks and ATM option to the interactive map.
19 May 2002Added in a Surveillance camera option to the interactive map.
05 May 2002Updates to interactive map.
04 May 2002Minor update, rearranged the Manhattan start page.
02 May 2002New feature: Interactive map
10 Apr 2002Have to stop shooting for a while, I had to return the camera to the person I borrowed it from. Don't know when I will continue...
02 Apr 2002Added Eldridge Street. Total 4 new images.
30 Mar 2002Added Pell, and Broome Streets. Total 7 new images.
29 Mar 2002Added Bayard, and Centre Streets. Total 3 new images.
17 Mar 2002Added Chatham Square page. Total 3 new images.
14 Mar 2002Added Mulberry Street page. Total 5 new images.
13 Mar 2002Added East Broadway page. Total 5 new images.
12 Mar 2002Added 1 new photo to Market Street.
10 Mar 2002Added Grand Street. Total 4 new images.
07 Mar 2002Added Market Street. Total 1 new images.
06 Mar 2002Added The Bowery. Total 4 new images.
02 Mar 2002Added 1 new photo to Canal Street page.
01 Mar 2002Added 1 new photo to Division Street page, added Canal Street page with 6 images.
26 Feb 2002Lantern Festival. Added 1 new photo to Elizabeth Street page, removed 1 from Mott that was somewhat redundant.
25 Feb 2002Added 7 new images to Mott, Division, and Elizabeth pages.
23 Feb 2002Added Division, Madision, Catherine and Elizabeth Streets. Total 9 new images.
22 Feb 2002Added Henry, Mott, and Doyer Streets. Total 7 new images.
15 Feb 2002start of project.
14 Feb 2002Finished drawing the street map for Chinatown, there may be one or two cosmetic changes later on.






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