Chinatown Gateway Monument
Chinatown Gateway Monument is a gateway located at the south entrance to Los Angeles's Chinatown neighborhood in California. It spans Broadway just north of Cesar Chavez Avenue and features gold-painted Qing dynasty-styled twin dragons chasing a pearl, each dragon featuring five fingers on each hand, a symbol of the Emperor.Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: gate in Los Angeles, California, U.S
- Also known as: “Chinatown Gateway”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles City Hall and Chinatown Branch.
Los Angeles City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. Los Angeles City Hall is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Chinatown Gateway Monument.
Chinatown Branch
Library
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown Branch is a library, which is situated 690 feet northwest of Chinatown Gateway Monument.
Bracero Monument
Work of art
The Bracero Monument is a bronze statue located on César Chávez Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, honoring the participants of the Bracero program. The Bracero program was an initiative that operated from 1942 to 1964 which brough Mexican workers to work in the United States, initially owing to the American labor shortage due to World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naud Junction and Civic Center.
Naud Junction
Locality
Naud Junction was an area in northern Downtown Los Angeles, California. It was located at the junction of Main Street and Alameda Street, where Southern Pacific Railroad trains veered off Alameda to tracks along Alhambra Avenue and the Los Angeles River.
Civic Center
Quarter
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Civic Center district of Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, is the administrative core of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and a complex of city, county, state, and federal government offices, buildings, and courthouses.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: J3ff, Public domain.
Chinatown is a neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938.
Chinatown Gateway Monument
- Categories: gate and historic site
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.05894° or 34° 3′ 32″ northLongitude
-118.24004° or 118° 14′ 24″ westOpen location code
85633Q55+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1420816962OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q113997620
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