TITLE Roy's Postcards: Postcard from 1983/01/28
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<p><b><a href="http://www.crummy.com/writing/postcards">Roy's Postcards</a>: 1983/01/28</b></p><p><img width="80%" src="http://www.crummy.com/writing/postcards/1983/images/19830128-chinatowna.jpg"></p><p><img width="80%" src="http://www.crummy.com/writing/postcards/1983/images/19830128-chinatownb.jpg"></p><p><b>Inscription:</b></p> <blockquote> We drove up to San Francisco today, visited the museums and then went to dinner in Chinatown at the Golden Dragon restaurant.<p>We drove up this very street, eventually finding a place to park.</blockquote><p><b>Postcard back:</b></p> <blockquote> GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT, erected in 1969, welcomes everyone into San Francisco's Chinatown. In a single step through this entrance an exciting change from Occidental to Oriental - the architecture, the inhabitants, even the faces of the people, are reminiscent of Old China.<p>B494-Color Photo: Sandor Balatoni</blockquote><p><b>Leonard's comments:</b></p> <blockquote> It's a magical gateway that exoticizes the Other!</blockquote><p><b>See also:</b> <a href="http://www.crummy.com/writing/postcards/tags/sf.html">sf</a> <a href="http://www.crummy.com/writing/postcards/tags/stereotypes.html">stereotypes</a> </p><hr /><div class="nav"><a href="../1983/19830128-cablecar.html">&lt;-<img border="0" src="../1983/thumbs/19830128-cablecara.jpg" alt="Previous" title="Previous" /></a>
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