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(Created page with "'''Chinatown''' is a designated community area on the south side of Greenfield, California. It is located south of Downtown Greenfield. Chinatown is the historic chinese core of Greenfield. == History == Chinatown Was settled in the late 19th century after a lot of chinese immigrants moved into the Greenfield Bay Area. It used to be a low-income area that covered most of the southern shore, untill the mid-20th century when half of chinatown was demolished t...")
 
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'''Chinatown''' is a designated community area on the south side of Greenfield, California. It is located south of [[Downtown|Downtown Greenfield]]. Chinatown is the historic chinese core of Greenfield.
'''Chinatown''' is a designated community area on the south side of Downtown Greenfield.


== History ==
== History ==
Chinatown Was settled in the late 19th century after a lot of chinese immigrants moved into the Greenfield Bay Area. It used to be a low-income area that covered most of the southern shore, untill the mid-20th century when half of chinatown was demolished to make way for interstate INTERSTATE NAME. This caused a lot of displacement in the chinese community and many of these moved into the nearby cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In the late 1800s the area now known as chinatown was a part of the peralta beach/south hill neighbourhoods. these were filled with industrial buildings and housed most of the former port of Greenfield. That was untill a fire started in 1901 in a small warehouse. This fire quickly spread onto neighbouring buildings and blazed through most of the district. The heavy winds and dry warm weather made the perfect brewing ground for a large fire to spread through the entire city. Fortunately the Greenfield fire department stopped most of it from spreading, unfortunately most of the peralta beach neighbourhood was now burned down and the city needed to rebuild.


In the 60s the southern section of downtown was demolished for parking lots and garage, so was a part of chinatown. Tho due to a lot of activism a brand new development was built on the western section of chinatown. It included a shopping center, a 10 storey office building, a plaza and multiple parking garages.
Instead of rebuilding into industry, a lot of chinese immigrants moved into the neighbourhood due to the very cheap land aaaaaaaa
 
In 1992 Chinatown was in a state of disrespair. Unfortunately the 1992 earthquake hit and 4 buildings collapsed. A fire started and 5 more burned down. The Chinatown Plaza partly collapsed aswell and the area was in disrepair for months after the earthquake, as the city prioritized other districts.
 
Chinatown never really grew after the 90s and slowly shrinked untill the early 2010s when greenfield grew in size and many new 5 over 1s were built along the southern shore of downtown.


==Notable builds==
==Notable builds==

Latest revision as of 05:48, 14 August 2024

Chinatown is a designated community area on the south side of Downtown Greenfield.

History

In the late 1800s the area now known as chinatown was a part of the peralta beach/south hill neighbourhoods. these were filled with industrial buildings and housed most of the former port of Greenfield. That was untill a fire started in 1901 in a small warehouse. This fire quickly spread onto neighbouring buildings and blazed through most of the district. The heavy winds and dry warm weather made the perfect brewing ground for a large fire to spread through the entire city. Fortunately the Greenfield fire department stopped most of it from spreading, unfortunately most of the peralta beach neighbourhood was now burned down and the city needed to rebuild.

Instead of rebuilding into industry, a lot of chinese immigrants moved into the neighbourhood due to the very cheap land aaaaaaaa

Notable builds

-Chinatown Plaza

Transit

Highway

-Include info on highway connections