[1][2] In the 1960s urban renewal efforts facilitated its move to Cass Avenue and Peterboro, which was also an opportunity for the Chinese business community to finally purchase property.

[3] Much of the Metro Detroit Chinese community live in the Troy area; other Asians such as Koreans also are in great number there.

[7] However, because the city lacked a central ethnic enclave for Chinese residents, many found it difficult to participate in their cultural practices.

Detroit's depopulation, urban decline, and escalating street violence, in particular the killing of restaurateur Tommie Lee, led to the new location's demise.

[10] Although there is still a road marker indicating "Chinatown" and a mural commemorating the struggle for justice in the Vincent Chin case, few Chinese American establishments still operate within the City of Detroit.