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Chinatown Architecture

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An example of what Western architects thought Chinatown architecture should look like

Chinatown Architecture

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Today's Chinatown was rebuilt after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, and its architecture is an odd mix of Edwardian fundamentals and Chinese details, sort of a westerner's idea of what a Chinatown ought to look like.

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