A view inside the Chinatown Central Plaza at night looking down Gin Ling Way in the 1950s.
"Many Chinese lanterns are seen hanging in the plaza at New Chinatown. Hong Kong restaurant and Li Po Chinese Food and Cocktails are in the background." Looking down Gin Ling Way from near Hill Street. 1975.
"View of Chinatown in 1956. The area shown, on North Broadway, was designated New Chinatown and built as a tourist attraction. The original L.A. Chinatown was located around the Plaza and the present site of Union Station. View 1: shows the entranceway into New Chinatown. View 2: closer view of the entranceway into New Chinatown. Pass the entrance, several people are sitting on a bench and a family can be seen walking thru the plaza. View 3: shows a few restaurants and a gift shop in the New Chinatown plaza. View 4: a man wearing a suit, stands before the entranceway to New Chinatown."
