Was East Broadway 100% Cantonese Before The Fuzhous Took Over? (live, move)

[toby2016]

This is a question I want to ask for Chinese Americans that grew up in NYC during the 1970s-80s.

I had asked similar question like this last time, but nobody really answered instead I was getting a lot of other answers, which were very informative to know, but I was not looking for.

Does any of you know if East Broadway was all Cantonese before the Fuzhous moved in and dominated that section?

I wonder why it was so easy for the Fuzhous to dominate the eastern portion of Manhattan's Chinatown, but not the western portion, which is the traditional Cantonese dominated Chinatown that still is in existence.

I remember during the 1990s, Manhattan's Chinatown was still mostly Cantonese. Even east of The Bowery was majority Cantonese populated, although now when I think back, there were already some Fuzhous in that portion. However, I never had a chance to stroll through East Broadway until more after the year 2000.

Although it is currently subdivided into the Cantonese Chinatown in the Mott Street area and the Fuzhous in the East Broadway area, the Fuzhou part still has some remaining Cantonese residents and businesses that did not move out.

Anyhow, I wanted to see if anyone knows and maybe if anyone remembers which streets were the approximate borderlines of Chinatown was during the 1970s-80s as I heard many say the Chinese enclave was still not so fully developed and still had Italians, Jewish and even Puerto Ricans in some sections mixed in.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by toby2016

This is a question I want to ask for Chinese Americans that grew up in NYC during the 1970s-80s.

I had asked similar question like this last time, but nobody really answered instead I was getting a lot of other answers, which were very informative to know, but I was not looking for.

Does any of you know if East Broadway was all Cantonese before the Fuzhous moved in and dominated that section?

I wonder why it was so easy for the Fuzhous to dominate the eastern portion of Manhattan's Chinatown, but not the western portion, which is the traditional Cantonese dominated Chinatown that still is in existence.

I remember during the 1990s, Manhattan's Chinatown was still mostly Cantonese. Even east of The Bowery was majority Cantonese populated, although now when I think back, there were already some Fuzhous in that portion. However, I never had a chance to stroll through East Broadway until more after the year 2000.

Although it is currently subdivided into the Cantonese Chinatown in the Mott Street area and the Fuzhous in the East Broadway area, the Fuzhou part still has some remaining Cantonese residents and businesses that did not move out.

Anyhow, I wanted to see if anyone knows and maybe if anyone remembers which streets were the approximate borderlines of Chinatown was during the 1970s-80s as I heard many say the Chinese enclave was still not so fully developed and still had Italians, Jewish and even Puerto Ricans in some sections mixed in.

The only way you will get this answer is if somebody who lived in Chinatown during the 1980s responds. With that being said, good luck...

[l1995]

Maybe what is now Eastern Chinatown was once the LES and not Chinatown?