Flushing’s Chinatown is one of three major Chinese communities in New York’s five boroughs. The community began to flourish in the 1970s when Mandarin-speaking Taiwanese immigrants began coming to New York. They felt largely alienated by Manhattan’s Chinatown, which largely spoke Cantonese. As the community grew, other groups of Mandarin-speaking immigrants also began migrating to Flushing and the neighborhood continues to grow. In 2003, MOCA worked with 3 photographers to document the Chinese community in Flushing. These works were presented at the museum in an exhibition called Main Street, Flushing, USA.

法拉盛的唐人街是纽约五个行政区中三个主要的华人社区之一。随着说国语的台湾移民迁至纽约城，法拉盛的华人区从70年代开始越发繁荣。这些台湾移民对曼哈顿唐人街这个大多讲粤语的社区感到疏远。随着法拉盛华人社区的发展，其他讲普通话的华人移民也迁至法拉盛，使这个社区得以继续发展。美国华人博物馆在2003年与三位摄影师一起记录法拉盛的华人社区。这些作品在博物馆的展览“美国，法拉盛，缅街”中展出。

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