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On Wednesday, Feb. 17, San Francisco Neon presents the second part of their virtual Chinatown neon sign tour in partnership with the Chinese Historical Society of America. Through the examination of ...
Much ink has been spilled on the history of Chinatown and Grant Avenue, billed as San Francisco’s oldest street, which runs ... Library The Shanghai Low sign at 532 Grant once shone bright ...
Thousands of revelers from throughout the Bay Area and beyond converged on San Francisco’s Chinatown ... Sunday with a street fair on Grant Avenue until 5 p.m. Nearly 100 organizations participated in ...
Entire blocks of businesses were adorned with closed signs, colorful toys ... RELATED: Weekend street closure boosts business in San Francisco's Chinatown amid COVID-19 pandemic As Lunar New ...
Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna look both ways before darting across Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown ... full of neon sign companies, and famous footage of Market Street from that ...
Find it: Chinese Historical Society of America Museum, 965 Clay St., San Francisco, CA 94108; 415-391-1188 x109 Back in its heyday, numerous Chinatown theaters would compete night after night to ...
This film features outtakes from Lewis's footage of San Francisco's Chinatown, including scenes of a Chinese barber at work, a dramatic "stage raid" (possibly staged or symbolic), and an ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Unauthorized street vendors have flourished in San Francisco's Chinatown, selling everything from produce to live seafood, including baby sharks, leaving some local businesses ...
At Chinatown’s Annual Springtime Festival, San Francisco Mayor London Breed sees signs of the “good old days” in the thousands of faces packing the street. “The people out here today ...