Early morning view of Chinatown merchant. Note soldiers standing guard on roof.
Early morning view of the Eastern Bakery, an old-fashioned sweets shop in Chinatown. My friends used to love their angel food cakes and double duck yolk moon cakes.
Originally a Chinese telephone company with Chinese women operators who had to memorize every resident's name, address and phone number to connect calls through. There was no phone book for them to look up numbers - and in any event looking up numbers would have taken too long. It took women with extraordinary memory skills to work the lines.
The Ghee Kung Tong, which is purportedly where Sun Yat Sen stayed when he visited the States from Taiwan. Now associated with Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow.
A faint outline of a door which served as an escape route for the workers and guests of the gambling and prostitution den across the way. A board would be laid across the two buildings for a quick getaway when the police raided.
A fully utilized fire escape in Chinatown
Taiwan flag over building in Chinatown
Mural art of Peking Opera singer
Dragon motif near Le Central bistro outside Chinatown
City Guide walkers basking in the bright winter sun
