San Francisco Chinese Hospital Demolition

I recently posted a series of old postcards of San Francisco Chinatown. Although I’ve visited several times I can’t really claim to know the area well or what has gone on there in terms of architecture and redevelopment. Thanks then to a reader who pointed out that the old Chinese Hospital in Chinatown was knocked down last year. Apparently this was after strong objections from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A new hospital is being built on the site but still it does seem a shame they couldn’t have found a new location and re-purposed the old building. The original building dates back to 1925 as the only purpose built Chinese hospital in the USA. It was originally built to replace the Tung Wah Dispensary. Incidentally, so Wikipedia tells me, Bruce Lee was born there. Anyway, some pictures….