Chinatown in San Francisco City and County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Ross Alley / 舊呂宋巷

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 12, 2021

1. Ross Alley / 舊呂宋巷 Marker

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Ross Alley, also, 舊呂宋巷. . , Ross Alley is one of Chinatown's busiest alleyways, home to a mix of residences and businesses reflecting the everyday life and cultural traditions of the neighborhood. Tourists observe fortune cookies still folded by hand, local residents celebrate occasions with plants and flowers or consult herbalists for Chinese remedies, and youth practice martial arts and lion dancing. , During the 1950s to 1990s, Chinese immigrant women sewed in the alley's garment factories. Past visitors, including Frank Sinatra and the Beatles, grabbed drinks at the Rickshaw Bar. In the 1940s the alley was home to Grandville Studios that made movies for Chinese audiences. , Community efforts by the Chinatown Alleyway Improvement Association, along with Chinatown CDC, helped get the City of San Francisco to recognize and invest resources to maintain the alleyways starting in 1981. Improvements include the monkey paw prints, a reference to the Chinese folk hero the Monkey King, and a metal map of the neighborhood's alleyways., 舊呂宋巷是華埠最繁忙的巷里之一, 住宅和商業的混合映照了這裡街坊的日常生活和傳統文化。遊客可以在這一睹手折簽語餅的製作工藝，當地居民每逢節慶在此買鮮花慶祝，身體欠佳時會找中醫看診，而青少年則在巷內練習功夫及舞狮., 在二十世紀五十年代至九十年代期間，華裔移民婦女在這條巷子裡的成衣廠靠縫紉來維持生計。華埠當時的夜生活可謂熱鬧非凡, 美國歌星法蘭.仙納杜拉，及來自英國的披頭士樂隊都曾是人力車酒吧的訪客. 在1940年代, 格蘭威樂電影工作室還為中國觀眾拍攝電影。, 在華埠巷里改善會和華協中心共同不懈的努力下，令三藩市市府意識到巷里的重要性，並在1981年開始投入資源來維護翻新巷里，包括在路上印有民俗人物孫悟空的．猴爪圖案及刻有巷里地圖的金屬牌匾。 ,

Ross Alley is one of Chinatown's busiest alleyways, home to a mix of residences and businesses reflecting the everyday life and cultural traditions of the neighborhood. Tourists observe fortune cookies still folded by hand, local residents celebrate occasions with plants and flowers or consult herbalists for Chinese remedies, and youth practice martial arts and lion dancing.

During the 1950s to 1990s, Chinese immigrant women sewed in the alley's garment factories. Past visitors, including Frank Sinatra and the Beatles, grabbed drinks at the Rickshaw Bar. In the 1940s the alley was home to Grandville Studios that made movies for Chinese audiences.

Community efforts by the Chinatown Alleyway Improvement Association, along with Chinatown CDC, helped get the City of San Francisco to recognize and invest resources to maintain the alleyways starting in 1981. Improvements include the monkey paw prints, a reference to the Chinese folk hero the Monkey King, and a metal map of the neighborhood's alleyways.

舊呂宋巷是華埠最繁忙的巷里之一, 住宅和商業的混合映照了這裡街坊的日常生活和傳統文化。遊客可以在這

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一睹手折簽語餅的製作工藝，當地居民每逢節慶在此買鮮花慶祝，身體欠佳時會找中醫看診，而青少年則在巷內練習功夫及舞狮.

在二十世紀五十年代至九十年代期間，華裔移民婦女在這條巷子裡的成衣廠靠縫紉來維持生計。華埠當時的夜生活可謂熱鬧非凡, 美國歌星法蘭•仙納杜拉，及來自英國的披頭士樂隊都曾是人力車酒吧的訪客. 在1940年代, 格蘭威樂電影工作室還為中國觀眾拍攝電影。

在華埠巷里改善會和華協中心共同不懈的努力下，令三

Ross Alley looking north image. Click for more information.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 12, 2021

2. Ross Alley looking north

Note that one of the monkey paw plaques is visible here in the foreground, set in the sidewalk.
"Ross Alley & the Truth about Chinatown’s side streets"
The Fern Hill Times" website entry
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藩市市府意識到巷里的重要性，並在1981年開始投入資源來維護翻新巷里，包括在路上印有民俗人物孫悟空的．猴爪圖案及刻有巷里地圖的金屬牌匾。

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 37° 47.713′ N, 122° 24.44′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Chinatown. Marker is at the intersection of Ross Alley and Washington Street, on the left when traveling north on Ross Alley. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Francisco CA 94108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Spofford Alley / 斯呂宋巷 (within shouting distance of this marker); Watershed History (North Shore) (within shouting distance of this marker); Alleyways in Chinatown (within shouting distance of this marker); The Birthplace of a Great City (about

<i>Ross Alley, Chinatown</i>, looking north image. Click for full size.

Hamilton Henry Dobbin (courtesy of the California State Library), 1904

3. Ross Alley, Chinatown, looking north

This is (almost certainly) the same photograph as on the marker.

300 feet away, measured in a direct line); California Star (about 300 feet away); First Chinese American Boy Scout Troop in America (about 300 feet away); A Legacy of Preserving Fish (about 400 feet away); Site of San Francisco’s First Book Store (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.

More about this marker. Note there is also an identical marker at the other, i.e. Jackson Street, end of the alley.

Also see . . . Ross Alley. Wikipedia entry:

"Ross Alley was filmed in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Big Trouble in Little China, and The Karate Kid Part II."

(Submitted on June 15, 2021.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 15, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.