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Neighborhood of St. Louis in Missouri, United States
Chinatown
in
St. Louis, Missouri
, was a
Chinatown
near
Downtown St. Louis
that existed from 1869 until its demolition for
Busch Memorial Stadium
in 1966.
[1]
Also called
Hop Alley
, it was bounded by Seventh, Tenth, Walnut and Chestnut streets.
[2]
History
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The first Chinese
immigrant
to St. Louis was Alla Lee, born in
Ningbo
near
Shanghai
, who arrived in the city in 1857. Lee remained the only Chinese immigrant until 1869, when a group of about 250 immigrants (mostly men) arrived seeking
factory
work.
[3]
In January 1870, another group of Chinese immigrants arrived, including some women.
[4]
By 1900, the immigrant population of St. Louis Chinatown had settled at between 300 and 400.
[5]
Chinatown established itself as the home to
Chinese hand laundries
, which in turn represented more than half of the city's laundry facilities.
[6]
Other businesses included
groceries
,
restaurants
,
tea shops
,
barber shops
, and
opium dens
.
[7]
Between 1958 and the mid-1960s, Chinatown was
condemned
and demolished for
urban renewal
and to make space for
Busch Memorial Stadium
.
[2]
See also
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Notes
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- ^
Ling, 16.
- ^
a
b
Virtual St. Louis: Chinatown Web site
- ^
Ling, 26.
- ^
Ling, 27.
- ^
Ling, 30.
- ^
Ling, 36.
- ^
Ling, 43.
References
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- Friswold, Paul; Alison Sieloff (July 20, 2005).
"This Week's Day by Day Picks"
.
Riverfront Times
. St. Louis, Missouri
. Retrieved
Jan 16,
2011
.
- Ling, Huping
(2004).
Chinese St. Louis: From enclave to cultural community
. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press.
ISBN
978-1-4399-0581-4
.
- "Olive Boulevard Design Guidelines"
(Press release). University City, Missouri. January 2009
. Retrieved
Jan 16,
2011
.
- Schankman, Paul (October 20, 2010).
"Chinese Immigrants in St. Louis"
.
KPLR
. St. Louis, Missouri
. Retrieved
Jan 17,
2011
.
- "Virtual St. Louis: Chinatown Node"
. University of Missouri-St. Louis. March 2004
. Retrieved
Jan 16,
2011
.