My Chinatown July 27, 2010

Discover the sights and sounds of Chicago's Chinatown. The Chicago History Museum's first multimedia theater experience, 'My Chinatown' is driven by the personal stories of the people who live in the neighborhood and keep its traditions alive. Chinese immigrants first came to Chicago after 1870, once the railroad they helped build connected the Pacific coast to the Midwest. After decades in downtown, Chicago's Chinese Americans developed a new Chinatown around the intersection of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue. Today, a wave of new people and new languages is changing Chinatown. The voices of 'My Chinatown' tell the story of the neighborhood's past and present, providing an insider's view of culinary delights and traditional medicine, the powerful role of family and business associations, and the celebration of the Chinese New Year.