Visual representation of Chinatown and the surrounding environment.

 
Photo 1            Photo 2

Click here a street map (177 KB)

Photographs gives us a visual image and it paints a very descriptive 
picture of what Chinatown looks like.
 
It provides depth and breath to our understanding and allows us to 
see a clear picture of Chinatown.

Photo 1 is an pictorial view of Chinatown (marked in lime in Photo 2) 
and the surrounding areas of downtown Honolulu from the ocean and 
waterfront to the mountains and sky.  Honolulu is the capitol of the 
Hawaiian Islands and formerly a port city, where trading goods came in 
from India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.  Honolulu (Hawaii) was a 
trading and whaling port, prior to the turn of the century.  Immigrant 
labor came in from China, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Philippines to 
work in Hawaii's sugar and pineapple plantations.  Immigrants 
performed other labor jobs, here in Hawaii, and later opened up 
businesses.  Chinese are known to be people who would start small 
businesses and have an impact on the economy of the places where they 
would go.  Such areas, congregations of Chinese shops, would be known 
as Chinatowns.  Photo 1 shows the development of Chinatown and 
Honolulu combined and what it looks like today.  China's last 
installed Manchurian Emperor's family residence is shown in the 
picture.  By this picture, you can see how the Chinese community and 
China's Imperial family places in the overall development and growth 
of the City of Honolulu and State of Hawaii.

Photo 2 is an aerial map-like view of the houses, buildings, and streets 
from high overhead.

Photo 1 is about 610 KB and takes about 2.4 minutes to download.  
Photo 2 is about 503 KB and takes about 2.0 minutes to download.  

I suggest that you save these pictures on your computer for future viewing, 
rather than to continually revisit it here as downloads takes up much time 
and bandwith.

Thank you for visiting Chinatown Hawaii.


                          Copyright (c) Lester D. K. Chow 1999-2003
                          July 10, 2003