He helped open the Canton Bank of San Francisco, which provided banking and financing to other Chinese companies and the Chinatown community. He was also a partner in the China Mail Steamship ...

Chinatown branch of Bank of America at 701 Grant, 1964. Photo via San Francisco History Center/SF Public Library The ubiquitous red lantern street lamps that line Grant Avenue, a popular ...

Known today as the oldest Chinatown in North America, San Francisco's Chinatown has a remarkable ... The settlement was initially known as "Little Canton", but was named "Chinatown" by the press ...

San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest Chinese enclave in America, has a rich history. It's a site where concerns over larger issues of immigration and racial discrimination played out. After the ...