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:* ''Comment'': In reading contemporary news coverage, the paifang (entrance gate) at Ping Yuen (modeled after a temple in Beijing) is also the oldest in America. Source: [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19511017.2.90 San Francisco housing unit follows Far Eastern motif]. Cheers, [[User:Mliu92|Mliu92]] ([[User talk:Mliu92|talk]]) 16:04, 24 April 2020 (UTC) | :* ''Comment'': In reading contemporary news coverage, the paifang (entrance gate) at Ping Yuen (modeled after a temple in Beijing) is also the oldest in America. Source: [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19511017.2.90 San Francisco housing unit follows Far Eastern motif]. Cheers, [[User:Mliu92|Mliu92]] ([[User talk:Mliu92|talk]]) 16:04, 24 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
| + | :: ''Update'': The paifangs at Chinatown Central Plaza in Los Angeles predate this (west gate, 1938; east gate, 1939); hence the source is mistaken. Cheers, [[User:Mliu92|Mliu92]] ([[User talk:Mliu92|talk]]) 16:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC) | ||
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Ping Yuen
- ... that the name of Ping Yuen, a public housing complex in San Francisco's Chinatown, translates to "Tranquil Gardens"? Source: [1] ("the committee chose 'Ping Yuen', meaning 'Tranquil Gardens,' ...")
- Comment: Possible alternative hook (needs source check): ALT1: ... that Ping Yuen ("Tranquil Gardens"), a public housing complex in San Francisco's Chinatown, has an entrance modeled after a temple in Beijing?
Created/expanded by Mliu92 (talk). Nominated by HaeB (talk) at 15:14, 24 April 2020 (UTC).
- Comment: In reading contemporary news coverage, the paifang (entrance gate) at Ping Yuen (modeled after a temple in Beijing) is also the oldest in America. Source: San Francisco housing unit follows Far Eastern motif. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 16:04, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
