Chinatown Gate

Chinatown in Chicago is located near the South Side in the Armour Square community area. It is home to number of banks, Chinese restaurants or Chinese medicine stores. It is the hub for Chinese people living in Chicagoland. Chicago’s Chinatown is the third largest Chinatown in the United States. For decades, it has been a unique tourist attraction in Chicago.

In 1890, 25 % of the Chinese lived along Clark between Van Buren and Harrison Streets, in an area called the Loop's Chinatown. After 1910 they moved to a new area near Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue, mainly for cheaper rent. Chinatown expanded before 1980 into Armour Square and by 1990 into Bridgeport.

Chinatown Gate was built in 1975 and it is located at the intersection of Wentworth Avenue and Cermak Road. It is the entrance to Chinatown’s oldest and most compact section. The colourful gate is known for the ornamental street lamps and Chinese dragon carvings on the sidewalks. There is a Chinese inscription on the gate declaring “The world is for all.”