New York’s Four Asiatowns
New York's Four Asiatowns
Professor: Margaret Chin
ITF: Mike Porter
Campus: Hunter
URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/chin11/
Margaret Chin’s class compared and contrasted the communities in New York’s four Asiatowns: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens; Manhattan’s Chinatown; and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They examined politics, issues of gentrification, and institutions in each neighborhood, including schools, libraries, community centers, medical facilities, and cultural centers. They include photos, interviews, and maps. ITF Mike Porter supported this seminar.