Think!Chinatown

At the intersection of art, storytelling & neighborhood engagement in #ChinatownNYC. Advocating for equitable access to resources for our immigrant community

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We hope you enjoyed this "Shopping in Chinatown" series as much as we did creating it! Part of what makes our community in Chinatown so special is neighbors like MeeMee, Angle, Yuhua, and Jinmei who are so knowledgeable about all Chinatown has to offer.
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Guangbing 光饼 is a tasty Fujianese bagel-size bread with an interesting historical origin. General Qi Jiguang used the bread in the 16th century as a military tactic during the war. The soldiers would thread a string through the guangbing so they could quickly eat them.

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Hongzao 紅糟, the ruby red wine dregs made from fermented glutinous rice, is the center of many delicious Fuzhou dishes. Yuhua and Jinmei ayis love hongzao because of its health benefits and it is oh so tasty!
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Stop by Zheng's Quick Bites Shop at 75 East Broadway for Fuzhounese snacks and specialty ingredients like bianrou (like wontons), ban mian (noodles in peanut sauce), and fishballs! Yuhua and Jinmei purchased hongzao and guangbing for us to try.

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Arping Restaurant at 45 Division Street in #ChinatownNYC is a great place to eat popular Fuzhounese food! There are plenty of delicious seafood based dishes to try as seafood is a prominent staple in Fujian meals.

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We’re back for another episode of our “Shopping in Chinatown” video series! Introducing, Ms. Yuhua and Ms. Jinmei of the Eastern American Fuzhou Opera Group! They took us around #ChinatownNYC to share their favorite Fuzhounese specialties.

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To take the survey (in English, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese) go to: https://t.co/sv2fK8phAu

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Tell us what you love about (and what you wish for) #ChinatownNYC. Funded by SBS, T!C and the Chinatown BID are working on a one-year comprehensive Commercial District Needs Assessment for Chinatown by collecting input from Chinatown shoppers and community members like you!

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📣 Announcing Think!Chinatown's Lantern Artist Residency for 4720 Year of the Tiger: Jia Sung! Her lantern will join the dancing lions in #ChinatownNYC on New Years day, Feb 1 on Mott Street, and also on Super Saturday, Feb 12th. Come to Chinatown to meet Jia's tiger lantern!

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🎊Mark your calendars for T!C's New Years festivities starting Feb 1st in #ChinatownNYC. We can't wait to celebrate the new year with you all! 🧧🏮Take a look at T!C's Lantern Artist's installations from years past.

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“Who He Was” is a story about how important family was to An Van Sing. It is stories like An Van Sing’s that show us how communities like ours in #ChinatownNYC are shaped and how special it is to have individual’s like these to be part of them.

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Nancy recalls how her father who spoke Shanghainese was challenged to communicate in #ChinatownNYC as most people in the 50's were Cantonese. As many new Americans experienced, the struggles of coming to a new country could be very isolating.

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Nancy’s father An Van Sing married Jean Leach. Most immigrant Chinese men in the 1950s-60s married American women as there were very few Chinese women due to the Chinese Exclusion Act. Being biracial, Nancy was often confronted by questions like, “What are you?” 

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Honoring the everyday lives of those who call #ChinatownNYC home, our Art of Storytelling project features family oral histories with our neighbors. T!C presents "Who He Was." Nancy Sing-Bock tells us the story of her father An Van Sing and his journey from Shanghai to New York.

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Visit Angle's restaurant New York Bo Ky when it reopens for tasty Teochew style street food! Named after his mother and father, the restaurant combines Teochew and Vietnamese cuisine like noodle soup, meatballs, and fish and soy sauce. 🍜🍤
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The vendors on Canal + Mulberry streets provide fresh, affordable, and culturally specific fresh produce. 🍊🥬 Angle, who used to work as a vendor himself, shared how much the variety of fruit and veggies has grown.
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