The vendors on Canal + Mulberry streets provide fresh, affordable, and culturally specific fresh produce. 🍊🥬 Angle, who used to work as a vendor himself, shared how much the variety of fruit and veggies has grown. thinkchinatown.org/shopping #allinnyc NYC Department of Small Business Services

Honoring the everyday lives of those who call #ChinatownNYC home, our Art of Storytelling project features family oral histories with our neighbors. T!C presents "Who He Was." Nancy Sing-Bock tells us the story of her father An Van Sing and his journey from Shanghai to New York.

Nancy’s father An Van Sing married Jean Leach. Most immigrant Chinese men in the 1950s-60s married American women as there were very few Chinese women due to the Chinese Exclusion Act. Being biracial, Nancy was often confronted by questions like, “What are you?”  #ChinatownNYC

Nancy recalls how her father who spoke Shanghainese was challenged to communicate in #ChinatownNYC as most people in the 50's were Cantonese. As many new Americans experienced, the struggles of coming to a new country could be very isolating.

“Who He Was” is a story about how important family was to An Van Sing. It is stories like An Van Sing’s that show us how communities like ours in #ChinatownNYC are shaped and how special it is to have individual’s like these to be part of them.

🎊Mark your calendars for T!C's New Years festivities starting Feb 1st in #ChinatownNYC. We can't wait to celebrate the new year with you all! 🧧🏮Take a look at T!C's Lantern Artist's installations from years past. thinkchinatown.org/happenings

📣 Announcing Think!Chinatown's Lantern Artist Residency for 4720 Year of the Tiger: Jia Sung! Her lantern will join the dancing lions in #ChinatownNYC on New Years day, Feb 1 on Mott Street, and also on Super Saturday, Feb 12th. Come to Chinatown to meet Jia's tiger lantern!

Arping Restaurant at 45 Division Street in #ChinatownNYC is a great place to eat popular Fuzhounese food! There are plenty of delicious seafood based dishes to try as seafood is a prominent staple in Fujian meals. #allinnyc NYC Department of Small Business Services

Stop by Zheng's Quick Bites Shop at 75 East Broadway for Fuzhounese snacks and specialty ingredients like bianrou (like wontons), ban mian (noodles in peanut sauce), and fishballs! Yuhua and Jinmei purchased hongzao and guangbing for us to try. #allinnyc NYC Department of Small Business Services

Hongzao 紅糟, the ruby red wine dregs made from fermented glutinous rice, is the center of many delicious Fuzhou dishes. Yuhua and Jinmei ayis love hongzao because of its health benefits and it is oh so tasty! thinkchinatown.org/shopping #allinnyc NYC Department of Small Business Services