Preserving " Little Manila " Stockton Calfornia - Filipino american History
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Activists seek to rebuild old communities
The Oakland Tribune. December 29, 2002.
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%257E1865%257E1079276,00.html
summary
By the 1930s Stockton, California claims to have the largest
community of Filipinos outside the Philippines. In the 1970s,
Freeway construction decimated the Stockton's Little Manila.
The Little Manila Foundation has been fighting to save the
district's remaining buildings from demolition; they
hope to preserve them as a historical site for the Filipino-
American community and as a city historical site. The Filipino
American National Historical Society also has been advocating
the recognition of Filipino-Americans' long history in the
United States. Stockton's City Council voted to designate
a four-block area the Little Manila Historic Site, at the
urging of the historical society's local chapter. A
$4,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
was award to help save the Emerald Restaurant, and two
boarded-up buildings which once was the Rizal Social Club
and a filipino-american residential hotel.