It's Chinatown
99% Invisible
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The Importance of Imagination in Chinatown
Eli Luq hired an architect and engineer to create a new look for San Francisco's Chinatown. The architects were not trained in the tradition or anything about Oriental architecture because at that time the Orient was considered way behind the West. Philip Choi believes it helped ease negative sentiment towards the Chinese, but may also have promoted certain stereotypes.
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