Chinatown Gateway

Chinatown Gateway is an outdoor paifang and sculpture which serves as an entrance to Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. The gate was proposed by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in 1984. Architect Yu Tang Wang and artist Sun Chau completed the gate's design, which was built by Ting Hwa Architects in Taiwan. It was then shipped to Portland and installed in one week before being dedicated in November 1986. It cost $256,000 and was the largest of its kind in the United States until one in Washington, D.C. was completed several months later.

Chinatown Gateway
The gate in 2007
Artist
  • Yu Tang Wang, architect
  • Sun Chau, artist
YearNovember 1986
Type
  • Paifang
  • sculpture
Medium
  • Bronze
  • marble granite
  • wood
  • tile
  • steel
Dimensions12 m (38 ft)
LocationPortland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45.5233°N 122.6744°W / 45.5233; -122.6744
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