San Francisco's Chinatown has long been the bedrock of Chinese America. Its colorful shops and exotic restaurants attract hundreds of thousands of global tourists each year. Now, as San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of the 1906 earthquake and

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Earthquake in Chinatown
San Francisco's Chinatown has long been the
bedrock of Chinese America. Its colorful shops
and exotic restaurants attract hundreds of
thousands of global tourists each year. Now, as
San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of
the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall
how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the
city, almost wasn't rebuilt.
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Earthquake in Chinatown
San Francisco's Chinatown has long been the
bedrock of Chinese America. Its colorful shops
and exotic restaurants attract hundreds of
thousands of global tourists each year. Now, as
San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of
the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall
how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the
city, almost wasn't rebuilt.
1000 killed
25 million property damage



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Earthquake in Chinatown
San Francisco's Chinatown has long been the
bedrock of Chinese America. Its colorful shops
and exotic restaurants attract hundreds of
thousands of global tourists each year. Now, as
San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of
the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall
how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the
city, almost wasn't rebuilt.
1000 killed
25 million property damage



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Earthquake in Chinatown
San Francisco's Chinatown has long been the
bedrock of Chinese America. Its colorful shops
and exotic restaurants attract hundreds of
thousands of global tourists each year. Now, as
San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of
the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall
how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the
city, almost wasn't rebuilt.
Chinatown, April 1906
Chinatown Today
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Earthquake in Chinatown
San Francisco's Chinatown has long been the
bedrock of Chinese America. Its colorful shops
and exotic restaurants attract hundreds of
thousands of global tourists each year. Now, as
San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of
the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall
how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the
city, almost wasn't rebuilt.
Chinatown, April 1906
Chinatown Today
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Earthquake in Chinatown
Earthquake in Chinatown