1980s - 4th Avenue Metro/Transit Tunnel takes 3 blocks of the Seattle Landmark Historic District portion of Chinatown for bus/transit tunnel, sells rest for Vulcan HQ & private parking garage, no Asian design characteristics, permanent loss of parking; businesses do not return, promised community retail space and housing do not happen
1990s - Closure of 10th Avenue for I-90 ramp construction; Chong Wa fights to have it re-opened as promised
1999 - City vacating of Lane Street between 5th and 6th, closing off another entry to Chinatown
2000-2002 - Century Link/Lumen Field Stadium construction disruptions to businesses with detours, street closures & game day traffic
2010-2014 - Jackson Street streetcar construction disrupts businesses, with street closures, detours, utilities shut offs, especially during Lunar New Year preparation & celebrations when shops get most of the year’s revenues
2014-2015 - 8th Avenue entry to Chinatown turned into one way exit only for Seattle Streetcar access to streetcar barn on 8th & Dearborn
2018 - Sound Transit plans taking of 3 blocks of National Register Chinatown Historic District around the Chinatown Gate;
2022 - Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for West Seattle / Ballard Link Extension (WSBLE) claims minimal to no impacts to visual qualities, racial equity & noise, air, vibration pollution; 3 of 4 buildings slated for demolition eligible for historic listing: Best Tea building, Bank of America & old Uwajimaya building (Oasis, Nagomi Teahouse) to be replaced by a large bike storage shed, multi-story ventilation building, maintenance & emergency facilities, displacement of estimated 27 businesses with loss of 230 jobs
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