Chinatown, San Francisco
The first overseas office of the Sing Tao Daily was opened in San Francisco in 1975. The parent company of the Sing Tao Daily, the Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited, was founded in 1938 and is based in Hong Kong. It has one of the longest publishing histories among the Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong.
This amazing Art Nouveau building designed by Luigi Mastropasqua in 1907, is at the corner of Commercial and Kearny Streets in Chinatown. Mastropasqua is probably more famous for designing Julius’ Castle on San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill.
Commercial Street is one of the oldest thoroughfares in San Francisco, dating back to 1847. At that time Commercial Street was but two and a half short blocks—from Dupont (now Grant Avenue) to the old waterfront just past Montgomery (where Leidesdorff Street now is.) Its name derives from the fact that it was early San Francisco’s most prominent commercial street.
Commercial has a very colorful history, serving off and as a red light district of San Francisco in the Barbary Coast days.
This street also houses my favorite restaurant in Chinatown – City View Dim Sum Restaurant at 622 Commercial.
What a great old building! The architectural details are beautiful.
SF Chinatown looks like a fantastic place to explore and photograph.
I must have walked past that lovely building while strolling through Chinatown and not noticed it. Thanks for helping me “see” it. Have you thought about being a tour guide?
Chinatowns are great wherever they are!
In Helsinki we have a street which has many oriental shops but no Chinatown…