Dancer performs a Dragon Dance at a dinner held at the Josiah Quincy School, marking Chinatown's victory to build a community center on Parcel C

Item Information

Title:
Dancer performs a Dragon Dance at a dinner held at the Josiah Quincy School, marking Chinatown's victory to build a community center on Parcel C
Description:
The man performing the Dragon Dance is wearing a t-shirt in English and Chinese that reads, "Eastern U.S. Kung-Fu Federation, New England Regional Headquarters." In 1994, the New England Medical Center's plan to build a parking garage on Parcel C in Chinatown was halted and the Chinese Progressive Association was formally granted permission to build a community center on the land.
Date:
November 1994
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(M163) Box 12, Folder 14 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Chinese Progressive Association records (M163)
Subjects:
Chinese Americans--Massachusetts--Boston
Special events
Chinese Progressive Association (Boston, Mass.)
Josiah Quincy School (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Chinatown
Extent:
1 photograph : 3.5 x 5 inches
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20189261
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Notes:
Collection Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20296997
Identifier:
A017955