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Our celebration and exploration of AAPI Heritage Month takes us to San Diego’s Chinese community, which has a long history tracing back to the 1850s.
In fact, San Diego once had a thriving Chinatown that was eight blocks long. That area is now known as the Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District, which is located in downtown San Diego and overlaps with the Gaslamp Quarter.
CCBA.jpg (3000x2832, AR: 1.0593220338983051)On Tuesday's Midday Edition, we hear about the history of San Diego's historic Chinatown and ongoing efforts to revitalize the district it once existed in.
Guest:
Jacinta Wong, former executive director of the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
By KPBS4.3
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Our celebration and exploration of AAPI Heritage Month takes us to San Diego’s Chinese community, which has a long history tracing back to the 1850s.
In fact, San Diego once had a thriving Chinatown that was eight blocks long. That area is now known as the Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District, which is located in downtown San Diego and overlaps with the Gaslamp Quarter.
CCBA.jpg (3000x2832, AR: 1.0593220338983051)On Tuesday's Midday Edition, we hear about the history of San Diego's historic Chinatown and ongoing efforts to revitalize the district it once existed in.
Guest:
Jacinta Wong, former executive director of the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

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