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CHINATOWN, N.Y.C.

New York City’s Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in the United States, and the site of the largest concentration of Chinese in the western hemisphere, is located on the lower east side of Manhattan. It's two square miles are loosely bounded by Kenmore and Delancey streets on the north, East and Worth streets on the south, Allen street on the east, and Broadway on the west.

With a population estimated between 70,000 and 150,000, Chinatown remains the favored destination for many Chinese immigrants. Today’s Chinatown is a tightly-packed yet sprawling neighborhood which continues to grow rapidly despite the satellite Chinese communities flourishing in Queens.

Both tourist attraction and home to the majority of Chinese New Yorkers, Chinatown's winding and overcrowded streets feature hundreds of restaurants, fruit and fish markets, and shops offering knickknacks and sweets.

(Image scanned from 35mm colour negative using an Epson V500 scanner. Orignal photo taken with a Canon Sure Shot.)