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Chinatown (Simplified Chinese: 中国城, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Zhōngguóchéng'') is a community in southwestern Houston, Texas, United States. It is roughly bounded by Fondren, Beechnut, State Highway 6, and Westpark, west of Bellaire in the Alief area. The naming of the new Chinatown is disputed, as various ethnic groups live within the community.〔Rodriguez, Lori. "(Opinions vary over naming the growing Asian community on Houston's southwest side )." ((Archive )). Alternate version without Chinatown map: "(DIVERSITY DEBATE / Chinatown outgrowing name / Opinions vary over naming the growing Asian community on Houston's southwest side )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday May 9, 2007. A1.〕 Portions of Chinatown lie within the Greater Sharpstown, International, and Westchase management districts. There is another Chinatown called "Old Chinatown" located within the East Downtown Houston district near the George R. Brown Convention Center.〔Patel, Purva. "(Pay-for-visa plan could revive Houston's Old Chinatown )." ''Houston Chronicle''. August 18, 2008. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.〕 ==History== The first businesses of the new Houston Chinatown opened in 1983.〔Gray, Lisa. "(Branding Chinatown: Neighborhood transforms )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 8, 2008. Retrieved on August 11, 2011.〕 In the 1980s increasing numbers of Chinese were living in Southwest Houston and Fort Bend County and those residents were further away from the old Chinatown in what is now East Downtown.〔Rodriguez, Nestor, p. (39 ).〕 The new Chinatown began to expand in the 1990s when Houston-area Asian American entrepreneurs moved their businesses from older neighborhoods, especially the "Old Chinatown" on the eastern end of Downtown Houston (in the process of redevelopment), in a search for more inexpensive properties and lower crime rates (at the time).〔Moreno, Jenalia. "(Chinatown no longer )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 17, 2009. Retrieved on October 19, 2009.〕 In 2005 Christy Chang, a tour operator who operated tours into Chinatown, said "This area is not just Chinatown anymore. If anything, it's Asia Town" due to the presence of various ethnic groups that developed in the community.〔 The Asian American Business Council estimated that between 2004 and 2008 the land values along Bellaire Boulevard in Chinatown increased between 25 and 50 percent. In 2008 the group estimated that in construction would appear in the following two-year period. The group estimated that the construction would include high end condominiums. Lisa Gray of the ''Houston Chronicle'' stated that the development of the remaining acreage would likely cause rents to increase and that, compared to many other Chinatowns in the United States, the Houston Chinatown is still relatively inexpensive.〔 In 2008 the Asian American Business Council placed a contest to design a "landmark monument" to be placed on Bellaire Boulevard between Beltway 8 and Gessner Road in order to increase visibility among Asian Americans and non-Asian Americans and to beautify the area.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinatown, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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