Section 2
Five streets, and what each one sells
Five commercial districts, five different forms. A named district with a boundary and a press of its own; a strip you can only read from a car; a produce trade that runs back to a wholesale market; an honorary street name; a Georgia subdivision. Each one has a different trade base and a different generational split.
5 pieces in this section
- 2.1Five streets, and what each one sellsKoreatown in Los Angeles, Annandale, Flushing, Albany Park and Duluth each have a different trade base and a different generational split.
- 2.2Koreatown, Los Angeles — the densest of the fiveA district with a defined boundary, its own press, and a length of Olympic Boulevard that carries most of it.
- 2.3Annandale, Virginia — a Koreatown read from a carSuburban form changes what a commercial district looks like and who can reach it.
- 2.4Flushing, Queens — where the produce trade meets the streetThe wholesale connection is the thing that built the storefronts here.
- 2.5Albany Park and Duluth — the oldest honorary street and the newest suburbAn honorary street name and a Georgia subdivision mark the two ends of the chronology.