San Diego once had a bustling Chinatown with roots that go all the way back to the 1850s and 1860s. We dive into the history behind San Diego's historic Chinatown, and efforts to revitalize the ...

Woo Chee Chong was founded in San Diego's Chinatown in 1899. Michael says they were then the earliest to establish a shop in the Convoy District in the 1970s, carving a path for others to follow.

Lee said Chinatown was never very populous to begin with, probably because San Diego had lacked major industry to attract more Chinese people. “We didn’t get the railroad directly from the east. We ...

8. The Forgotten Chinatown of San Diego. While San Francisco’s Chinatown is world-famous, San Diego once had a thriving Chinatown of its own. Located near today’s Gaslamp Quarter, it was home ...

From The San Diego Union, Sept. 29, 1937: TOM QUIN, 50, DIES IN HOME Thomas A. Quin, 50, native San Diegan and “mayor” of Chinatown, died from a heart ailment last night at 9:30 at his home ...

In San Francisco, pedicabs have long been popular with tourists in the Chinatown and Fisherman’s Wharf areas. San Diego police issue scores of tickets to pedicab operators.

Now, the historic Chinatown is gaining a place in San Diego’s institutional memory thanks to the work of Murray K. Lee, curator of the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum. The 83-year-old Lee leads ...