| Historic Chinatown Gate | |
|---|---|
 Looking west towardsUnion Station andKing Street Station | |
  Location within downtown Seattle | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Archway |
| Architectural style | Paifang |
| Location | S King Street & 5th Avenue S Seattle,Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°35′54″N122°19′38″W / 47.59836°N 122.32735°W /47.59836; -122.32735 |
| Groundbreaking | April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)[1] |
| Inaugurated | February 9, 2008 (2008-02-09) |
| Cost | $500,000 |
| Owner | Historic Chinatown Gate Foundation |
| Height | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Steel |
| Material | Ceramic tiles |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Ming Zhang and Paul Wu[2][3] |
| Architecture firm | MulvannyG2 Architecture |
TheHistoric Chinatown Gate (traditional Chinese:中華門;simplified Chinese:中华门) is a modernPaifang archway in theChinatown-International District neighborhood ofSeattle,Washington.
The 45-foot-tall (14 m) archway is located over South King Street east of 5th Avenue South and theInternational District/Chinatown light rail station, marking the west end of the Chinatown neighborhood. The gate, designed by Paul Wu and Ming Zhang ofMulvannyG2 Architecture ofBellevue, Washington,[3] was built over a period of several months in late 2007 and is composed of asteel structure andceramic ornaments, including 8,000 ceramic tiles made in southern China.[4][5] The $500,000 construction cost was paid for by the Historic Chinatown Gate Foundation, anon-profit organization established in 1999 to build the archway.[6] The Historic Chinatown Gate was dedicated on February 9, 2008, during a ceremony attended by local officials, includingSeattle mayorGreg Nickels andGovernorChristine Gregoire.[7][8][9]
Plans for a second gate at the eastern end of the district, to be located on South King Street at either 8th Avenue South or at 12th Avenue South inLittle Saigon and estimated to cost $800,000, have been on hold since 2010.[6][10]
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