America's Disappearing Chinatowns: A Case for Preservation

Spring 2023 GGR Recipient

Michael Gerson (Architecture)

America's Disappearing Chinatowns: A Case for Preservation is a project that examines the history, architecture, and proliferation of Chinatowns in the American urban landscape, chronicling their development in the U.S., documenting their typologies and vernacular aspects, framing their cultural, social, and economic significance, and ultimately making a case for their historic preservation as they rapidly disappear. This research will take place across the U.S. in some of the biggest and most historic Chinatowns and will be presented in the form of an exhibition at the University of Virginia in the Fall of 2023.