Bringing Every Corner of Chinatown Together: Celebrating the Year of the Ox with Welcome to Chinatown
We’ve got you covered with a guide to all the must-visit shops in Chinatown. And the best spots to get your Lunar New Year Gifts.
Abrons Arts Center, Wing on Wo, and Welcome to Chinatown Team Up to Commemorate Lunar New Year With “From Chinatown, With Love”
Abrons Arts Center, Wing on Wo’s the W.O.W. Project, and grassroots initiative Welcome to Chinatown come together to celebrate the Year of the Metal Ox with the launch of the first edition of From Chinatown, With Love, a 12-month photo calendar designed by photographer Mischelle Moy.
“From Chinatown, With Love” will feature products from 18 Chinatown businesses that evoke celebration of the new year and explore the deep meaning Manhattan’s Chinatown holds for so many in the Asian-American community. A specially curated Lunar New Year gift guide will also detail unique finds at each featured business with physical copies available throughout NYC and available online on Welcome to Chinatown’s website.
Business Spotlight: Ben Meat Market
We’re excited to spotlight the first of our next round of Longevity Fund grant recipients: Ben Meat Market. Alice, the manager of Ben Meat Market, opened the store with her husband, George, in 1995. For the past 25 years, Ben Meat Market has been serving juicy roast meat and supplying pantry staples to the Chinatown community from its storefront at 288 Grand Street. Read on to learn more about how the business has been faring during COVID and why Alice decided to apply to the Longevity Fund.
Business Spotlight: Eastern Bookstore NYC
Welcome to Chinatown spoke with Henry, assistant store manager at Eastern Bookstore NYC. Open since 1976, Eastern Bookstore has been serving Chinatown and Chinese Americans as a hub for Chinese language books, calligraphy and printing materials and educational materials for students of all ages.
Eastern Bookstore NYC is the last remaining Chinese language bookstore in Chinatown; it’s a central source for education and leisurely reading. We are proud to have partnered with Eastern Bookstore NYC for our recent Read it Forward initiative, yet ongoing support still remains critical as foot traffic is at an all time low in the midst of the pandemic.
‘Read It Forward’ Book Drive Raises $26,000, Gifts 1,500 Books to NYC Public School Students and Supports Chinatown’s Last Local Chinese Bookstore
Thanks to your generosity and automatic matching by ioby, together, we raised over $26,000 to provide 1,500 books distributed to 500 Chinatown and LES students over the holidays. You helped us double our initial fundraising goal!