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Called the 'first genuine Chinese building' in New York, this 1888 structure served as Chinatown's unofficial city hall.
Everything that was here
- 1883–present · still open
CCBA Building (Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association)Community Center
Called the 'first genuine Chinese building' in New York, this 1888 structure served as Chinatown's unofficial city hall.
See the map in 1884 → - 1897–1975
Port Arthur RestaurantRestaurant
Operating for 85 years, this was the first restaurant in Chinatown to receive a liquor license and introduced chop suey to mainstream America.
See the map in 1898 →
Nearby history
The Mudd Club
77 White Street · 500 m away
Di Palo's Fine Foods
183 Grand Street · 596 m away
288 Grand Street Tenement
Manhattan · 665 m away
Built in 1910 as a classic Lower East Side old-law tenement, 288 Grand Street has housed immigrant families and working-
Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse
157 Chrystie Street · 876 m away
Lombardi's Pizza
32 Spring Street · 890 m away
Ratner's
138 Delancey Street · 1.1 km away
Two brothers-in-law reportedly flipped a coin over whose name went on the sign, and Ratner's then fed the Lower East Sid
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