II.4.1. EUROPE'S "CHINATOWN"

MENU: 2.4.1. Europe's "Chinatown"

EUROPE'S LARGEST ASIAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON PARIS'S SOUTHEASTERN FRINGE

(IN THE 13TH DISTRICT)

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Symbols: tower and color

  A neighborhood 

that few associate with Paris

• High rises built in advance of their time

• A walk where cultures mix

• Color

• The Tang supermarkets

• Asians enliven a neighborhood of "Gauls" 

• Restaurants

• Asians come out of the shadows

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High rises built in advance of their time