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Chinatown's crowded charm draws San Francisco visitors
Frederic J. Haskin describes San Francisco's Chinatown as a vibrant maze. Visitors stroll from Portsmouth Square to crowded markets filled with live birds and dried goods, sample elaborate Chinese dishes, browse drug stores, and tour a dim joss house. A rubberneck tour via wagons snakes through narrow alleys, while temples glow with carved gods and incense. The piece captures the neighborhood's lively, sometimes touristy ambiance and arcades of Chinese shops serving Anglo patrons.
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Frederic J. Haskin
S Francisgo
Tans
Portsmouth Square
Robert Louis Stevenson
Canton Byway
Liem
China
Jth Pacific
San Brancluco
Algewhare
Yesteryear
Chinatown
Temple
Hundreda of
Coursty
Joss House
Conmans
Usemont
San Francisco
Bingilak
Chinas
Chinas, Chinetown
Franzken
Califllonian
Central Pacific Railroad
Othier Oldmale