was life like for those people. reporter: the museum shows a timeline of san jose s five chinatowns. after the arson, the chinese rebounded into a new community called highland. this museum building is a replica of the last standing structure from that final chinatown. only this altar is original. that neighborhood today is full of construction cranes. the new development will include a park named after highland at a time when anti-asian hate has surfaced again, that gesture along with the city s resolution and apology mean more to the community than a piece of paper. this is a record of the city s role in promoting a real climate of hate against the chinese immigrants. also a record of resistance. reporter: a story of rebuilding and repairing. it s a sense of overcoming. reporter: natasha chen, cnn,
people. the museum shows a timeline of san jose s five china townes. after the arson the chinese rebounded into a new community. this museum building is a replica of the last standing structure from that final chinatown. only this altar is original. that neighborhood today is full of construction prints. the new development will include a new park named after the area at time when anti-asian hate has surfaced again, that gesture along with the city s resolution and apology mean more to the community than a piece of paper. this is a record of the city s role in promoting a real climate of hate around against the chinese immigrants. and also a record of resistance. a story of rebuilding and repairing. it s a sense of overcoming. natasha chen, cnn, san jose,
to collapse an entire apartment building is devastaing decision and it i did not make it lightly. bringing the building down in a controlled manner was important. the area closest to the building was the area that we had not been able to assess and that is where we needed to go. and previously it was not accessible due to the enormous risk to the team of first responders because of the instability of the building. and as we speak, the teams are working on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished. the standing structure also posed a threat as the storm approached given the tropical
mode. to collapse an entire apartment building is a devastating decision and the demolition was in in way a decision that i made lightly. bringing the building down in a controlled manner was critical to expanding our scope of search. truly we could not continue without bringing this building down. the area closest to the building was the area that we had not been able to access. and that is where we needed to go. and previously it was not accessible to the enormous risk to the team of first responders because of the instability of the building. and as we speak, the teams are working on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished. the standing structure also posed a threat to public health and safety, particularly as the storm approached. given that the tropical storm force winds could have brought it down in a manner that could
you can t see it from where we are anymore. that is because the blast you just showed that happened just after 10:30 p.m., and people in the vicinity were asked to stay inside, to close their doors, close their windows and actually put their air-conditioning on recirculation so that it keeps the dust and debris outside and not into peopless homes. what this does now is the search and rescue teams can now access areas they previously weren t able to, for example, very close to the remaining standing structure up until this point. they weren t able to get close to that because of the it stability of the structure. now they ve controlled that demolition they re able to go through all of the debris. here s the mayor of surfside talking about how the impending storm coming through florida here could have been a lucky move here from the progress they re making on this site.