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Studio introduction

Neighborhood plan

Maps, paper, photos

Links

About the studio

The following sites, external to Columbia University, contain information on Chinatown's neighborhood organizations, on government initiatives, and on planning in New York City.

Neighborhood organizations

Asian American Business Development Center - AABDC

Asian American Federation of New York

- Site includes reports on the economic impacts of the World Trade Center attacks.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Asian Americans for Equality

MoCA - Museum of Chinese in the Americas

Asian American Arts Alliance

Chinatown - New York Chinatown

http://www.chinatownmychinatown.com/

Garment industry and labor relations

Manufacturing and Land Use Zoning Initiative (from the Pratt Institute).

National Labor Relations Board

UNITE! Union Home Page

Welcome to Garment Industry Development Corporation

Economic development

Empire Zones, Tax and Financial Incentives, Empire State Development

Liberty Zones, Tax and Financial Incentives, Empire State Development

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

General links

American FactFinder (Census 2000 maps online)

United States Historical Census Data Browser

New York City Department of City Planning

Zoning Maps: New York City Department of City Planning

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