All that growth from where this gate was first constructed in 1975 — when it did mark an entrance — is testament to the staying power of Chicago’s Chinatown.

Chinatown in Chicago was hit first and hard by the coronavirus. Not so much by the virus itself, but fear of the unknown. Masks had sold out and Lunar New Year events were already canceled by the ...

A Chinatown Square Plaza zodiac animal sculpture of a rabbit is shown Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Chicago. 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, ... Detour at Chinatown Gate.

On Wentworth and Cermak, the Chinatown Gate marks the entrance of the “Old Chinatown” area of the neighborhood. Designed and built by Peter Fung in 1975, not much is known about the artist.

One of the first things Chinese immigrant Sau Fung Lam did upon arriving in Chinatown 24 years ago was go to the local grocery store to try to buy an apple.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Just south of the city, outside the bustle of business in the Loop, exists an ethnic enclave: Chicago's Chinatown. At the corner of Cermak and Wentworth, a landmark gate ...

24 Hours of Eating in Chicago’s Chinatown. A South Side native offers a photo tour of his favorite restaurants and haunts. ... Heading north, you’ll find the Chinatown Gate, ...

When did Chicago’s Chinatown develop as a neighborhood, ... Interestingly, if you go to Chinatown you’ll get an eye-full from a building near the big Chinatown gate at Cermak and Wentworth: ...

In Chinatown, preparations are being made to ring in the Year of the Rabbit — the luckiest of 12 zodiac signs — on Sunday. In Vietnamese communities, it’s the Year of the Cat.

To give your kids a cultural experience that only a city such as Chicago could offer, there’s no better neighborhood than Chinatown. The neighborhood compacts so much into just a few blocks, which ...

A 37-year-old Chicago man was charged Tuesday in the stabbing of three people, one fatally, in the city's Chinatown neighborhood, police sad.