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Bo-Bo Restaurant, ca, 1975. The Chinese restaurant called Bo-Bo's (at 20 1/2 Pell Street, right) was a well-loved local institution between the 1950s and 1980s. The menu was up on a board on the wall and with less than a dozen tables, the wait could be an hour. Those who remember the spot even today say the wait was always worth it. The signage notes the restaurant's name and states "the home of Chinese actors." Ester Eng, who was a partner in Bo-Bo's and owned another nearby eatery was an early director in Chinese cinema, and many Chinese actors frequented the spot.
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Manhattan: Pell Street - Doyers Street Pell Street, west from the head of Doyers Street, to Mott Street, showing street activity in New York's Chinatown. Note the co-mingling of the Occidental and the Oriental, both in garb and advertising matter. 1940? Alexander Alland, photo NEG #710
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Ling Sing Temple, Chinatown, New York City Primary subject: Temple Interior
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