Statue of Lin Tse-hsu

Chatham Square or Kimlau Square in Manhattan is on the southern side of Chinatown, at the confluence of seven streets, Bowery, East Broadway, St. James Place, Mott Street, Oliver Street, Worth Street and Park Row. Park Row had once been Chatham Street, giving the square its name. LIN Zexu (林則徐; pinyin: Lín Zéxú) (August 30, 1785 - November 22, 1850) was an official loyal to the Daoguang Emperor of China, most famous for his active fight against foreign-imported opium during the Qing dynasty. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Mott Street in Manhattans Chinatown in 2004. ... The Bowery is a very well-known street in Manhattan that more or less marks the boundary between Chinatown and Little Italy on one side and the Lower East Side on the other — running from Chatham Square in the south to Astor Place in the north. ... A busy scene on Mott Street Mott Street is a narrow but busy thoroughfare that runs in a north-south direction in downtown Manhattan. ...

Up until about 1820, the square had been used as a large open air market for goods and livestock, mainly horses. By the mid 1800s, it became a center for tatoo parlors, flophouses and saloons, as a seedy section of the old Five Points neighborhood. In the 20th century, after The Great Depression and Prohibition, the area was reformed. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 nugget The horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... A flophouse or dosshouse is a place that offers very cheap lodging, generally by providing only minimal services. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A bar in Switzerland. ... Five Points (or The Five Points) was a notorious slum centered on the intersection of Worth St. ... The Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ... Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. ...

The Kimlau Memorial Arch was erected, dedicated to the many Chinese Americans who have fought and died in the name of freedom and democracy. The arch is named after 2nd Lt. Benjamin Ralph Kimlau, a World War II aircraft commander of the 530th Squadron. The square was rededicated as Kimlau Square, although it is still generally known as Chatham Square. A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II...

There is also a statue of Lin Tse-hsu in the square. LIN Zexu (林則徐; pinyin: Lín Zéxú) (August 30, 1785 - November 22, 1850) was an official loyal to the Daoguang Emperor of China, most famous for his active fight against foreign-imported opium during the Qing dynasty. ...

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