We love it.” You know, because it was obviously a really lame trick. Paul Greenstein So we went, “Oh God, that’s so funny. Vivian Le According to Paul, the owners of the restaurant had been blasting party ambience through speakers to give off the illusion that it was packed with customers. Vivian Le Paul and his friend went up to the second story entrance of Madame Wong’s, expecting to have to squeeze his way through the door. There’s nobody here in Chinatown, but this place is packed. Paul Greenstein Obviously, you know, it was packed. If you enter through the famous East Gate, you’ll see an ornate two-story building with a curved pagoda style roof and an intricately detailed wooden balustrade lining the balcony. Roman Mars Madame Wong’s was a restaurant right in Central Plaza. And there’s this place called Madame Wong’s. So, we kind of gravitated to where all the noise is coming from. Paul Greenstein We can hear this really wild party going on. The streets of Chinatown were quiet, as always, but a sound caught his attention. And one night, he found himself in Central Plaza. Roman Mars Paul would sometimes spend nights wandering around Los Angeles with a friend. Instead, he did a lot of odd jobs around the city for money–you know, restoring jukeboxes, fixing toys, designing ads for a local cafe. He liked music and hoped to run his own club as a promoter. Vivian Le It was this deserted Chinatown in 1978 that captured the interest of Paul Greenstein. And there really wasn’t anyone on the street or going anywhere. Paul Greenstein Things had taken a significant nosedive. The neighborhood’s neon lights still glowed over the shops and restaurants, but there was no one there to take it all in. But by the late 1970s, it had fallen on hard times. For decades, Chinatown’s Central Plaza was a thriving tourist area. Vivian Le Brightly painted buildings are topped with sweeping pagoda style roofs and then accented with fluorescent neon lacing. It’s an outdoor pedestrian mall that’s almost overwhelmingly colorful. Vivian Le The most recognizable feature of LA’s Chinatown is its Central Plaza. Although it doesn’t get as much attention as New York or San Francisco’s Chinatown, it is a regular shooting location for TV and film, so you may recognize it from movies like Rush Hour, Freaky Friday, or, you know, Chinatown. Even if you’ve never been to LA’s Chinatown, you’ve probably seen it. Head to /invisible for a free trial–and when you’re ready to launch, use the offer code “invisible” to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. With Squarespace, you can collect email subscribers and convert them into loyal customers, display posts from your social profiles on your website, and even use the Analytics feature to gain insights to grow your business. Whether you’re a driverless car engineer or an augmented reality designer, Squarespace is the online platform to help you stand out with a beautiful website, engage with your audience, and sell anything. So, when you rent a Vrbo, you get the whole upstairs, the whole downstairs, and the whole nap room–which is any room really if you try hard enough–where you can just be together because the most important thing in the world is quality time with your loved ones. In a Vrbo vacation home, a host doesn’t stay with you. Roman Mars Vrbo offers whole vacation homes with the space to spend quality time with the people you love.
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