Tag Archives: Chinatown Community Cultural Center

By Yi Chen The Historic Preservation Office accepted a proposal to increase the boundary of the Downtown Historic District that was submitted on January 8, 2013 by the DC Preservation League, a nonprofit organization. The proposal will affect 22 properties in Chinatown. Currently, Washington, DC’s Chinatown spans about 4 blocks. Its present boundaries are 5th Street NW on the east …

By Dottie Tiejun Li Police Chief Cathy Lanier has apparently settled on using space at the Chinatown Community Cultural Center at 616 H Street, NW, part of the Gallery Place development, for a “workstation,” even if she had not yet informed the Center of that as Asian Fortune went to press. The workstation is to be occupied by a new …

By Dottie Tiejun Li (Washington, D.C.)—The Metropolitan Police Department is reporting progress on finding “workspace” in Chinatown for a still-to-be-hired “Community Outreach Coordinator,” a civilian police force employee who will act as a liaison between MPD and the Chinatown Community. And the process of filling the job is well underway, too, according to Chief Cathy L. Lanier, who told Asian …

By Dottie Tiejun Li D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier fielded questions and comments from disgruntled citizens and business people Wednesday night (Dec. 5) over the abrupt shutting down of the Asian Liaison Unit’s longtime substation in Chinatown. By the end of the hastily scheduled and occasionally tense meeting, a somewhat chastened Chief promised to maintain a permanent police presence in …