New digital archive explores Portland’s Jade District through historic Chinese restaurants

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New digital archive explores Portland’s Jade District through historic Chinese restaurants

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Published on Jun 23, 2025, 12:54:08 PM
Total time: 00:16:26

Episode Description

Behind the Wok is a new digital archive from APANO that looks at the six historic Chinese restaurants that helped form Portland’s Jade District. These include Hung Far Low, Canton Grill, Chinese Village, New Cathay, Legin and Wong’s King Seafood. The archive explores how these restaurants became community hubs and how early restaurateurs leaned on one another. Suenn Ho is a principal urban designer at Resolve Architecture. Brian Liu is the community development manager at APANO. They both join us to share more on the project.

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