Chinatown Menu
Chinatown Night scene by Arnold Genthe
The Chinese presence in San Francisco dates back to the Gold Rush with new waves of immigrants arriving periodcially.
[[Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill. Shrimp Village]]
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