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Little Tokyo came into existence as a cluster of homes and businesses in the downtown area just south of Chinatown, around the corner of First and San Pedro Street. 1910s
Dramatic development of Little Tokyo, spurred by city planners and the influx of business and money from Japan.
growth of produce and flower markets in and around Little Tokyo, as well as a rise in many other businesses such as restaurants, shops, gambling and entertainment establishments which served the many Japanese American farmers and local residents in Southern California. 1930s
1950s
A development of major churches/temples, newspapers and other cultural institutions that bound the Japanese American community together.
New plans to widen First St. through the district’s historic core and to extend the Civic Center deeper into Little Tokyo alarms the Japanese American community. 1960s
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Beginning of WWII, forced evacuation of all Japanese Americans from Little Tokyo 1939
1970s
Several new shopping plazas and hotels opened, along with branches of some major Japanese banks. Some original Little Tokyo buildings and restaurants still exist along 1st street.
35,000 Japanese Americans in Los Angeles, the majority of whom lived within a three-mile radius of First and San Pedro.
1950
During the internment of Japanese Americans, African Americans and Native Americans moved into Little Tokyo and the area was briefly known as Bronzeville.
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Little Tokyo was the residential, business and cultural hub of the larger Southern California Japanese American community passage of the Exclusion Act of 1924 which restricted all immigration from Japan.
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The end of internment and the resettlement of Japanese Americans in Southern California. The community is now much smaller due to lack of housing. Arrival of Mexican and Latino immigrants who replaced most Japanese American residents.
Improved physical appearance and infrastructure of the community but also callous evictions and displacement of long-time residents and small businesspeople in the process.
Formation of the Little Tokyo Community Development Advisory Committee. 1969 New plans to widen First St. through the district’s historic core and to extend the Civic Center deeper into Little Tokyo alarms the Japanese American community.
LITTLE TOKYO SCI-FI MUSEUM
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1990
First public art was installed at the New Otani Hotel. It is through art, as much as through architecture and the museum, that the Japanese American community’s pride in its history and culture is displayed in the public realm
Formation of the Little Tokyo Community Development Advisory Committee. 1980
Completion of the one-hundred thousand square foot Japanese American National Museum which visually anchors the district while reinforcing the commemorative nature of First street. 1998
A group of Little Tokyo stakeholders developed a document with the goal of continuing to support the development of Little Tokyo as an active, pedestrian oriented district with an emphasis on preserving its unique cultural identity. This document was adopted by the City Planning Commission in 2013. 2009
Today, Little Tokyo is just one of three remaining Japantowns in California.
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