Twin Dragon Gate entrance to Los Angeles Chinatown
This four-story-tall monument stands 25 feet high where the twin dragons appear to descend from the clouds while resting on four steel pillars. This Dragon Gateway was erected in July of 2001 and was designed to symbolize luck, prosperity and longevity. It spans the entrance to Chinatown at Cesar Chavez Ave and North Broadway. In the 1930s, under the efforts of Chinese American community leader Peter Soo Hoo Sr., the design and operational concepts for a New Chinatown evolved through the collective community process, resulting in a blend of both Chinese and American architecture. The Los Angeles Chinatown saw major development, especially as a tourist attraction, throughout the 1930s with the development of the "Central Plaza", a Hollywoodized version of Shanghai, containing names such as Bamboo Lane, Gin Ling Way and Chung King Road (named after the city of Chongqing in mainland China). Chinatown was designed by Hollywood film set designers and a "Chinese" movie prop was subsequently donated by the legendary film director Cecil B. DeMille to give Chinatown an exotic atmosphere.
Size: 5120px × 3431px
Location: Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Photo credit: © Jamie Pham / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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