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...Chinatown bus business in New York City is a rough-and-tumble one, featuring supercheap fares along the Eastern seaboard, erratic schedules and cutthroat competition. But it got out of hand one night in May 2003. In the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, a Dragon Coach bus company driver named De Jian Chen, reportedly caught in the middle of a murky feud with another outfit, was shot dead...
...show, sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association (AAA), helped to raise money for Boston’s Chinatown community while showcasing Asian American talent. This was the group’s first arts show in Lowell Lecture Hall, and organizers plan to make it an annual event...
...Half of our proceeds will benefit Chinatown, which is the second-poorest neighborhood in Boston,” said Jimmy Zhao ’08, one of the cultural co-chairs of the AAA. “The money will be going to the Chinatown After-School program, run by the Phillips Brooks House Association...
Until 20 years ago, Vancouver's Main Street - an artery running from Chinatown toward South Vancouver - marked the boundary between the city's smarter West Side and the rough-and-ready section known as East Van. How times have changed. Successive waves of artists, media types and other loft dwellers kicked off a gradual process of gentrification; the day young families started infiltrating its neighborhoods, East Van's journey to respectability was complete. One knock-on effect of this has been the tidying up of Main Street itself. Cafés and galleries have mushroomed there; so have boutiques - particularly...
Home fragrances are taking olfactory vacations. Slatkin & Co. has just introduced Cornelia Guest travel candles in flavors like Old Westbury, right, and Palm Beach. For more exotic tastes, Bond No. 9's Chinatown candle, far right, adds a distinctly New York City aroma to any home. --By Lily King...