How Los Angeles Rose From Obscurity To Become The Chinese Food Capital of the United States
Based on presentation to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. I am David R. Chan and it’s a pleasure being back to give another monthly presentation to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. Now if you don’t remember my last presentation I don’t mind, since that was in 1980 when I gave an in-person presentation at the Castelar Street school meeting room entitled “A Post Card View of Chinatown,” showing old historic postcards of Los Angeles and other Chinatowns. I am one of the charter members of CHSSC from 1975, in fact member number 8, previously served on the society’s the Society Board of Directors. Also for several years I represented CHSSC in numerous public appearances on historical and contemporary aspects of Chinese Americans, including on CBS 2 television, then known as KNXT. I also gave the keynote speech at the very first Asian Pacific American Heritage Week commemorati...