Mr. Soo, East Broadway, 1982.

Chinatown, NY: Photographer Bud Glick

New York's Chinatown in the Early 1980s

From 1981 to 1984, photographer Bud Glick worked on a photography project as part of the New York Chinatown History Project, now the Museum of Chinese in America. An older Chinatown generation was being replaced by a rapidly expanding new influx of immigrants. His goal was to document the transformation from an aging and primarily male neighborhood (due to restrictive and discriminatory immigration laws) to a new community of young families.

Now, three decades later, Glick has scanned his Chinatown negatives and made large prints. "It's exciting to revisit personal work that I did more than 30 years ago and interpret it digitally, a process that allows me the ability to get more out of a negative than I ever could in the darkroom," he says.

For today's viewers, Glick's intimate portraits of Chinese immigrants on the streets, at work, and at home, are rare documents that capture a specific moment in time, a small chapter in the story of the American experience.

Celebrating Chinese New Year on Bayard St., in New York City's Chinatown, in 1984.

Storefronts on Catherine St, 1981.

Bachelor Apartment, Mr. Ng, Bayard St., 1982.

Henry St., 1982.

Division St., 1982.

Columbus Park, 1983.

Funeral, 1982.

Chinatown, 1982

Tony, Catherine St., 1981.

Mrs. Chiu in her apartment, 1981.

Garment Factory, 1983.

Big Tall Chin, Sam Wah Laundry, Bronx, 1982.

Mott St., 1982.

Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982.

Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982

Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982

Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982

Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982

Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982

Rebecca with her children in their kitchen, 1982.

Rebecca with her children in their kitchen, 1982

Wah Nan Co., 46 Mulberry St., 1982.

Father of owner of fruit and vegetable distributor, Bayard Street, 1982.

Division St., 1982

Grandfather with his grandson, Eldridge St., 1983

Chinatown, NY, 1982

Chinatown, NY, 1982

Chinatown, NY.

Chinatown, NY.

Chinese New Year, Mott St., 1984.

Chinatown, NY.

Chinatown, NY.

Chinatown, NY, 1982

Chinatown, NY, 1982

Laundry, The Bronx, 1982

Laundry, The Bronx, 1982

Laundry, The Bronx, 1982

Chinatown, NY.

On the F Train, 1982.

Columbus Park, 1983

Columbus Park, 1983.

Chinatown, NY.

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