Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Country: United States
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Location: Chinatown-International District [map]
Status since photo:
Seattle's Chinatown and International District is the center of the city's Asian community. It developed in the early 1900s and was partially destroyed in the 1960s during the construction of Interstate 5; it gained federal heritage status in 1987.