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Title: Why Chinatown Has Gentrifed Later Than Other Communities in Downtown Manhattan: A Planning History

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Manhattan's Chinatown is the oldest and used to be the largest Chinese community in the East Coast of the United States. Since the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts in 1940s, it experienced great expansion, tremendous population influx and significant real estate development. As a community located next door to the world class financial district, Chinatown has been under the pressure of gentrification for decades, people keep on moving to outer-bound communities. However, Chinatown is still a low income community and persists highly mix- used land use patter, comparing with other downtown Manhattan communities. Why Chinatown has gentrifed later than other communities in downtown Manhattan? To answer the question, this planning history study examined four cases in the second half of the 20 century, which are Chinatown Street Revitalization Study of 1976, Special Manhattan Bridge District of 1982, East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning of 2008, and Establishment of Chinatown Business Improvement District of 2011.

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Authors: Xu, Nannan

Institution: Columbia University

Department: Architecture and Planning

Advisor: Dr. Robert Beauregard

Degree: Master of Science

Publisher Location: New York, NY

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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