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At Chinatown Alleyway Tours, teenage Chinatown residents guide you through alleys that have seen it all…
-Alison Bing, The Guardian
These tours aim to reveal a bit of real life behind what other guides might call the mystery of Chinatown. Many are led by local residents, touching on under-the-radar places that reveal both savory and unsavory aspects of the neighborhood.
-Bonnie Tsui, New York Times
"This is a community where people are still engaged,” Chin says. “That’s why preserving Chinatown – keeping it a community where people will live and not just a tourist attraction – is very important spiritually.”
Richard Gonzales, NPR
Older youth teach the young ones through these tours, and this cultural transmission is a beautiful thing.
Richard Miller, Sparkletack
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At Chinatown Alleyway Tours, teenage Chinatown residents guide you through alleys that have seen it all…
-Alison Bing, The Guardian
These tours aim to reveal a bit of real life behind what other guides might call the mystery of Chinatown. Many are led by local residents, touching on under-the-radar places that reveal both savory and unsavory aspects of the neighborhood.
-Bonnie Tsui, New York Times
"This is a community where people are still engaged,” Chin says. “That’s why preserving Chinatown – keeping it a community where people will live and not just a tourist attraction – is very important spiritually.”
Richard Gonzales, NPR
Older youth teach the young ones through these tours, and this cultural transmission is a beautiful thing.
Richard Miller, Sparkletack
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10best, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (German Newspaper), Project for Public Spaces, KQED: Pacific Time: “Chinatown Alleyway Tours by Cynthia Gouw”, SF Bay Guardian: Best of the Bay 2003 & 2008, The Associated Press: “Chinatown visitors get an insider’s take on storied neighborhood”, SF Gate: “S.F. Chinatown Alleyway Tours marks 10 Years”, Yahoo! News, Boston Herald, Quad-City Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Mercury News, CNN, SF Weekly: “Return to Chinatown” (2002), SF Weekly: “Best Tour of Chinatown” (2002), Bay Area Backroads, Oakland Tribune: “Success blooms in Adopt-an-Alleyway”, San Francisco Independent, LA Times, Voice of America: Cultural Odyssey, The Associated Press: “Walking Chinatown’s Alleys”.
