Chinatowns in Brooklyn - Wikipedia
In 2017, it was announced that Chaoyang District, Beijing, would sponsor a 40-foot-tall (12 m), 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) "friendship archway" to be erected on Eighth Avenue between 60th and 61st …
From China, with love: Sunset Park Chinatown to get ... - Brooklyn …
Nov 1, 2017 · Gateway to friendship: The mayor announced on Friday that the city will get its first-ever Chinese archway in Brooklyn’s first Chinatown neighborhood, in Sunset Park on Eighth …
A Streak of Brooklyn in Beijing - The New York Times
Feb 28, 2013 · Many of Beijing’s ancient hutongs — alleys formed by the outer wall of courtyard homes — have been erased from the cityscape to make way for new roads and high rises in …
Brooklyn’s Chinese-American Donors Question What Became of …
Jan 24, 2024 · While a number of Brooklyn’s Chinese-American community members have said they expected the archway would take off with the ascension of its two biggest boosters to City …
Beijing to Brooklyn ‘Friendship’ Arch Gift Collapses
Jan 21, 2020 · It was touted as a gift from Beijing to Brooklyn: an ornate, 40-foot-tall “friendship” archway to welcome visitors to Sunset Park’s bustling Chinatown.
Mayor de Blasio and Borough President Adams Announce that New
Oct 27, 2017 · BROOKLYN – As part of City Hall in Your Borough, Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that the City will pursue a new archway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Sunset …
Beijing-donated archway coming to Brooklyn - World
Aug 30, 2018 · A distinctive Chinese-style archway to be installed in Brooklyn borough in New York is set to become a new landmark in the city and a symbol of China-US friendship.
'Friendship Archway' To Be Installed In Sunset Park's Chinatown
Oct 27, 2017 · Across the middle beam of the arch will be a Chinese inscription reading “One Family over Four Seas” as well as and English inscription reading “Brooklyn – Beijing …
Brooklyn Chinese community anticipates opening paifang this fall
Dec 27, 2024 · Brooklyn's Chinatown is now home to immigrants mostly from Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province, succeeding the mostly Cantonese community before them. A …
Beijing Gifts “Friendship Archway” To Sunset Park’s Chinatown
Oct 31, 2017 · SUNSET PARK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last Friday, October 27, that Sunset Park’s Chinatown will receive a forty-foot-tall “Friendship Archway” as a gift from the …