Chinatown Gateway - Boston, MA
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N 42° 21.072 W 071° 03.584
19T E 330355 N 4690825
The Chinatown Gateway, a.k.a. the China Trade Gate, is a gift to Boston from the Republic of China on Taiwan. It is located at the eastern end of the Chinatown area on Beach Street at the intersection of Albany Street in Boston, MA.
Waymark Code: WM17CXB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2023
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The Chinatown Gateway is a traditional paifang style archway given to Boston from the The Republic of China on Taiwan. Boston and the capital of Taiwan, Taipei, are sister cities. The archway was commissioned by the commissioned by the China Trade Center and designed by David Judelson. It was given to Boston and erected in 1982.
A sign on the south end of the archway is inscribed:
THE CHINATOWN GATEWAY
THIS GATEWAY WAS PRESENTED TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN,
AND WAS ERECTED WITH FUNDS FROM
THE EDWARD INGERSOLL BROWNE TRUST FUND
EDWARD I. BROWNE COMMISSION
MAYOR RAYMOND L. FLYNN, CHAIRMAN
COUNCILOR CHRISTOPHER A. IANNELLA, VICE CHAIRMAN
JOSEPH I. MULLIGAN, FUND COUNSEL
COLLECTOR-TREASURER LEE F. JACKSON
ERECTED: 1982
REDEDICATED: OCTOBER 1990
Country or International City that Gave the Gift: Republic of China on Taiwan
Country or International City that Received the Gift: City of Boston
Website Verifying this Item as a Gift from Another Country or International City: [Web Link]
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