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A place I’ve become so familiar with, I hadn’t even noticed all the changes in Chinatown until I started shooting there. I knew I wanted to the community but because there was so much to cover, I couldn’t seem to find a focus. It wasn’t until I decided to take a trip down there and started walking aimlessly that I discovered a trail or a route that showed me the changes in the different parts of Chinatown.

I started to notice how there was an older and rustier part as compared to the modern side. The buildings played a big role in taking me to this path. Chinatown still has a lot of old buildings but the new condominiums and newly constructed buildings definitely added a whole new mood. The types of people in the two parts were different as well. This modern aged Chinatown has attracted a lot more tourists (for fake LV and Coach bags) and people who would come down just for cheap bus rides to places like Boston, Connecticut, and Virginia. There were always tourists and other ethnic groups in Chinatown, but not for fake goods or the bus; these were things that never existed back then but  now has become a vital part of the growing economy.