Would the Chinese have preferred to paint their buildings a different color than
the European-Americans?

Perhaps a totally irrelevant observation, but when I lived in Ogden (big
railroad town, once upon a time), many of the older Chinese restaurants were
called 'Noodle Parlors.' Not just a slang thing, but the name, like the Star
Noodle Parlor, which was downtown, not far from the railroad station.


David Edgington
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From: Ross Maker <rmaker@...>
> hamchuck.1234 wrote:
>
> >
> > Now that I've got a bunch of Chinese figures suitable for the period,
> > I am also seeking pictures of suitable buildings. Unfortunately
> > finding good photos of such buildings is not easy. Although it will be
> > a while before I get to this project I do look forward to it.)
> >
> > This is one set of pictures that I found although several are from a
> > much later period.
> >
> > http://olympiahistory.org/olympiachinese/history.html
>
> My impression is that, except in places like San Francisco where they
> had really large communities, the Chinese mostly made do with the same
> kinds of buildings as their round-eye neighbors, though sometimes they
> added traditional Chinese decoration to the exteriors. Even in the
> large Chinatowns most of the buildings would look an awful lot like the
> structures in the "American" neighborhoods nearby. The exceptions would
> be the temples and the mansions of the rich Chinese.
>
> RWM




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