| 英文摘要 |
Of all the Chinatowns in United States, the best known in East Coast is probably Manhattan’s. It was erected in the 1800s serving as an original point of entry for Chinese immigrants before going anywhere in the United States, and it has remained home to many of the Chinese Americans. Over the years Manhattan’s Chinatown has established a unique cultural and environmental atmosphere that seems to be isolated from it’s neighboring areas, promoting the community as both a residential enclave and a tourist site. This paper is meant to study the aesthetic building style through the lenses of Chinese immigrant history, Chinese culture, and orientalism. |
