Chinatown (Pittsburgh)

For the new Chinatown, see Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh).

Sub-neighborhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Chinatown

Sub-neighborhood

Old buildings in Chinatown Pittsburgh

Chinatown

Historic location of Chinatown in Downtown Pittsburgh

Coordinates: 40°26′13″N 79°59′51″W﻿ / ﻿40.4369°N 79.9975°W﻿ / 40.4369; -79.9975Coordinates: 40°26′13″N 79°59′51″W﻿ / ﻿40.4369°N 79.9975°W﻿ / 40.4369; -79.9975
Country|  United States
State| Pennsylvania
County| Allegheny County
City| Pittsburgh
ZIP Code|

15219

Area code| Area code 412

The U.S. city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was home to a "small, but busy" Chinatown, located at the intersection of Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh where only two Chinese restaurants remain. The On Leong Society was located there.[1] According to the article, "... the first Chinese community in Pittsburgh developed around Wylie Avenue above Court Place," according to a 1942 newsletter of the American Service Institute of Allegheny County. The Chinatown spread to Grant Street, and then "... to Water Street and then spread out to Second and Third avenues."

## History[edit]

The Chinatown grew from waves of Chinese immigrants who came east from California after the 1849 Gold Rush and the transcontinental railroads. The immigrants came from the area around Canton in China. According to the article, the Chinatown was primarily centered on Second Avenue with merchant names such as "Wing Hong Chinese Co., 519 Second Ave" and "Quong Chong Shing, 511 Second Ave", all of whom have been driven out when the Boulevard of the Allies was built forcing demolition of all buildings on Second Avenue, sometime by the 1950s. Even by the 1930s, "... the Chinatown was rapidly vanishing."[2][3]

## Environment[edit]

Pittsburgh's Chinatown in the 1920s to 1930s has been described as a dangerous place as there were frequent skirmishes between the two warring Chinese gangs, otherwise known as the "Tong Wars", covered by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Press. The Tong Wars were sensationalized by the press and played into racist stereotypes and anti-Chinese sentiment. "On Second Avenue there stands the temple, pagoda style, lifting itself three stories, its tiled roof and leaded windows giving it an air of Oriental distinction. Inside is the splendor of embroidery and hangings, teakwood and mother of pearl, red lacquer and gilt carvings, a carved stone altar for worship, and a long table for meetings of the On Leong Merchants Association."

* Built in 1922 in Pittsburgh's old Chinatown

* Old Pittsburgh Chinatown on Blvd. of the Allies

* Chinatown's only remaining Chinese restaurant

## External links[edit]

* Pittsburgh's Chinatown and how it disappeared \- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chinatown, Pittsburgh.

1. ^ "Inn to the past: Downtown Cantonese restaurant points back to city's vanished Chinatown". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012.
2. ^ "Was there an Asian influence in Pittsburgh's history?".
3. ^ "Pittsburgh Little Chinatown Reduced to a Lone Restaurant".

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