Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Chinatown, San Francisco" in English language version.
(from p. iii) invisible but very real walls separate the life of Chinatown from that of the city around it
W.K. Wong: 'Yes, it was my idea to initiate a public celebration of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco back in 1953.'...
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Chinatown, roughly defined as the rectangle formed by Kearny, Powell, Broadway and Bush streets ...
In San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest hub of Chinese-owned businesses in the United States, vacancy signs pockmark the district's dining establishments, gift shops and herb stalls. And at a Chinatown across San Francisco Bay in Oakland, rampant storefront graffiti and the fear of robbery chill the daily bustle of kerbside grocery shopping.
In San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest hub of Chinese-owned businesses in the United States, vacancy signs pockmark the district's dining establishments, gift shops and herb stalls. And at a Chinatown across San Francisco Bay in Oakland, rampant storefront graffiti and the fear of robbery chill the daily bustle of kerbside grocery shopping.
[Chinatown's] median age is 50, older than in any other neighborhood, according to the city's Planning Department, which analyzed census data from 2009 to 2013. The median household income is $20,000, compared with almost $76,000 citywide, the Planning Department found. Twenty-nine percent of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chinese immigrants who make money tend to leave the neighborhood, moving to the Richmond District, the Sunset or the suburbs. ... most Chinatown residents are monolingual Mandarin or Cantonese speakers — even those who have lived in the United States for years ...
A Chinatown funeral is done the old way, with a marching band, slow and solemn, marching in three lines for six blocks up Stockton Street and back on Grant, always in the traffic lane with a motorcycle escort. The point of departure is Green Street Mortuary [...] Each funeral procession takes about an hour, often starting with "The Day of Resurrection" and ending with "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
[Chinatown's] median age is 50, older than in any other neighborhood, according to the city's Planning Department, which analyzed census data from 2009 to 2013. The median household income is $20,000, compared with almost $76,000 citywide, the Planning Department found. Twenty-nine percent of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chinese immigrants who make money tend to leave the neighborhood, moving to the Richmond District, the Sunset or the suburbs. ... most Chinatown residents are monolingual Mandarin or Cantonese speakers — even those who have lived in the United States for years ...