  Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4745 Registered: 10-2003 |
Found this article, while searching for some other information on ethnic areas in Detroit. With the imminent opening of Asian Village I thought this might be of interest. quote: more: http://www.msu.edu/user/hongba o/chinese/detroit-lost-chinato wn.htm | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5506 Registered: 02-2004 |
Jams, Here are some updates from Detroit's long lost Chinatown. 1. The old Chinatown used to be 4th Street between Fort to Plum St. near Skid Row and Corktown. 3. The Community was run by Chins, Chongs and Moy families and the all related. 4. The White dominate Detroit City Council torn the community down in the 1950s for the Lodge FWY. and relocate the Chinese to the south end of the Cass Corridor where all the bums, Beatniks and Hippies live. 5. They set up their shops on the corner of Cass Ave. and Peterboro St. 7. In 1980 Vincent Chin was killed in Highland Park. This Sparks fear to the Chins and Chongs and Moys. 6. At the time more Chinese families came, but the Chins, Chongs and the Moys families couldn't mingle along with them because most of them speak Mandarin. Also, there were no Chinese Community Centers in their second Chinatown so in the mid 1980s to 1990s, the Chin, Chongs and the Moys began to leave their Chinatown behind, left Detroit and settle to other successful Chinatowns in Chicago, New York City and San Francisco. Others move to Madison Heights along John R. Rd between 12 and 14 Mile Rd. and Troy. 7. CHINATOWN IN DETROIT IS DEAD! And I hope this new Asian Village by Mr. Pangborn on the corner of Beaubien and Atwater St. WORKS! | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 610 Registered: 11-2003 |
Nice post Jams. Interesting read. | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 26 Registered: 11-2006 |
Does any one remember where the HO HO Inn was located? | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1249 Registered: 11-2004 |
no... but i know of a couple no tell motels  | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 634 Registered: 08-2006 |
I watched an interesting cable program that said Chinese immigrants got a foot hold in boom towns by providing laundry services. In these towns the first waves of people in were always men seeking work, which meant there were few women around to perform the domestic tasks. |
