Editing Chinatown, Manhattan (section)

==Location==
[[File:Chinatown NYC map.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Boundary approximations]]
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Although a New York Business Improvement District has been identified for support,<ref name="cityland">{{cite web |url=http://www.citylandnyc.org/chinatown-bid-approved-despite-opposition/#more-10820 |title=Chinatown BID approved despite opposition |author=City Council |publisher=citylandnyc.org |access-date=September 7, 2012 |date=October 15, 2011 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110192701/http://www.citylandnyc.org/chinatown-bid-approved-despite-opposition/#more-10820 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chinatown has no officially defined borders. The following streets are commonly considered the approximate borders:<ref name="capitalnewyork1">{{cite web |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/07/204071/chinatown-question |title=The Chinatown Question; |last=Hay |first=Mark |date=July 12, 2010 |work=Capital |access-date=September 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101135519/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/07/204071/chinatown-question |archive-date=November 1, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Hester Street (Manhattan)|Hester Street]] or [[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand Street]] to the north,<ref name="capitalnewyork1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/delancey.html |title=A Journey through Chinatown |publisher=RK Chin |access-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104173139/http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/delancey.html |url-status=live }}</ref> bordering or overlapping [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]]
* [[Worth Street]] to the southwest, bordering [[Civic Center, Manhattan|Civic Center]]
* [[East Broadway (Manhattan)|East Broadway]] to the southeast, bordering [[Two Bridges, Manhattan|Two Bridges]]
* [[Essex Street]] to the east, bordering the [[Lower East Side]]
* [[Lafayette Street (Manhattan)|Lafayette Street]] to the west, bordering [[Tribeca]]

The historic core of Chinatown is bounded by Chatham Square/Bowery, Worth, Baxter, and Canal.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/sonsofyellowempe00panl_1/page/304/mode/2up |url=https://archive.org/details/sonsofyellowempe00panl_1/ |title=Sons of the Yellow Emperor: The Story of the Overseas Chinese |author=Pan, Lynn |date=1990 |publisher=Secker & Warburg |location=London |isbn=0-436-35374-1 |chapter=15: Chinatowns |pages=296–315 |url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp|304}} Mott (south of Canal), Mulberry, Bayard, Pell, Doyers, and Worth were settled by Chinese immigrants starting in the 1870s.<ref name=NRHP-Howe>{{cite web |url=https://twobridges.org/wp-content/uploads/chinatown-little-italyhd-nrn-final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123234740/https://twobridges.org/wp-content/uploads/chinatown-little-italyhd-nrn-final.pdf |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |url-status=live |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District |author=Howe, Kathy |date=December 22, 2009 |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |access-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>{{rp|59;64}} The local branch of the [[Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association]] was founded at 10 Chatham Square in 1883 and later moved to the building at 16 Mott Street, now considered the "City Hall of Chinatown".<ref name=NRHP-Howe/>{{rp|67}}
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