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CHINESE HOUSED AT PRESIDIO
LATER THEY WILL GO TO HUNTER'S POINT

Since the destruction of Chinatown its inhabitants have been living in tents, and in even less comfortable quarters, on a large tract of land on the north shore of the bay. Knowing the gregarious habits of the Chinese, the Citizens' Committee and the Mayor feared that if even a few of them returned to their old district and took up quarters, the entire Chinese population would follow, and the problem of moving them, which has agitated San Francisco for many years, would be as great as ever. Therefore, when the suggestion was made that the Chinese be moved temporarily to a large open tract of land in the Presidio reservation it was adopted immediately, and here they will find a resting place, until arrangements can be definitely made for their permanent city at Hunter's Point, a most desireable spot on the southern arm of San Francisco bay.
San Francisco Examiner
April 27, 1906