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Pittsburgh’s Lost Chinatown Finally Gets Its Historical Marker
Other new state historical markers in this area will pay tribute to Andy Warhol, Earl “Fatha” Hines and Stan Musial.
March 17, 2021
A GROUP OF CHINESE AMERICANS PLAYING TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN PITTSBURGH’S CHINATOWN, 1912
In the late 1800s, the area between Second and Third avenues and Ross and Grant streets Downtown was the thriving heart of Pittsburgh’s Chinatown but you wouldn’t know it these days.
By the 1920s and ’30s, the newly built Boulevard of the Allies jutted through Chinatown, disrupting the neighborhood. The number of inhabitants dwindled, shops vanished and Chinatown became history.