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Downtown San Diego : Asian Pacific Historic District

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Asian Pacific Historic District

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  • An eight-block area that overlaps part of the Gaslamp Quarter designates the former center of San Diego’s Asian community. The Chinese came to San Diego following the California Gold Rush and took up fishing and construction work; others ran opium dens and gambling halls. Filipinos and Japanese soon followed. This is the home of Chinese New Year celebrations, a farmers’ market, and an Asian bazaar. Pick up a walking-tour map at the Chinese Historical Museum (see San Diego Chinese Historical Museum), and look out for the Asian architectural flourishes on the buildings you pass by.

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