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The Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, is on the near South Side (located in the Armour Square, Chicago|Armour Square community area), centered on and around Cermak and Wentworth Avenues. It is not to be confused with an area sometimes called "New Chinatown, Chicago|New Chinatown", which is on the North Side around Argyle Street, and which has a larger number of Southeast Asians. Chinatown is home to a number of China|Chinese restaurants, gift shops, grocery stores, Chinese-style pharmacy|pharmacies, as well as a number of services that cater to a Chinese languages|Chinese-speaking audience. It is a source of goods as well as a community hub for traditional-minded Chinese in the city and suburbs, as well as a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.
Chinese immigrants began arriving in Chicago in the late 1870s as ex-railroad workers faced increasing discrimination in the Western states. The population rose slowly, until the Chinese Civil War|communist revolution in China coupled with a relaxation on immigration laws brought on a surge in immigrants in the 1950s and 1960s, leading to the formation of a Chinatown. By the year 1970, Chicago, Illinois|Chicago ranked fourth in Chinese population in List of cities in the United States|American cities. Immigrants found themselves centering around the Cermak and Wentworth Avenue area, which was then populated mostly by Italians and Croats|Croatians, due to the relatively inexpensive leases compared with other neighborhoods. Today, many immigrants from mainland China and Taiwan make Chinatown their home as they become acclimated to the culture of their new home.
Category:Chicago neighborhoods Category:Chinatowns This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois".
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