Place: Ping On Alley
Address: Essex Street, near Edinboro Street
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Walking around Boston's Chinatown on February 10, 2014, I came upon the site where the first Chinese people in Boston settled.
To visit Ping On Alley, ride the Green Line to Boylston or the Orange Line to Chinatown/Essex. Walk east on Boylston Street and Essex Street until you get to a parking area near Edinboro Street.
"In 1989 Oliver Place was renamed Ping On Alley, "Alley of Peace and Security," in honor of Boston's First Chinese immigrants. They pitched their tents here beginning in 1875, and since that time this site has been central to the lives of a growing Chinese community. Until the 1950s, a communal roasting oven, used by residents and restaurants, was located here."
To learn more about Ping On Alley:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM16HE_Ping_On_Alley
http://sampan.org/2011/07/a-walk-through-chinatown/
