me are more recent arrivals, while others may be second or third generation. A visit to the region suggests certain ideas about Chinese culture because these people have brought that culture with them, have tried to evoke it in the design of the buildings, the stores they design, the goods they sell, the restaurants in the area, and other aspects of commerce in Chinatown. At the same time, Chinatown is a tourist attraction and is geared to appeal to visitors probably more than to local Chinese restaurants. Los Angeles has several ethnic commercial neighborhoods like Chinatown, areas which recreate some elements of the external commercial style of different homelands. Chinatown is to the north of downtown Los Angeles. Somewhat more central to downtown Los Angeles is a Japanese village section called Little Tokyo, while much of downtown today has a Latin American and Mexican flavor. Even more Mexican is Puebla de Los Angeles, also known as Olvera Street, the oldes
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