The Combat Zone is an area within Chinatown that is legally zoned as an adult entertainment district. Deriving its name from the port-of-call sailors who frequented Boston for centuries, the Combat Zone was codified and moved to Washington Street to make way for Boston’s new City Hall. During...

Parcel C was one of the last remaining developable plots of land in Chinatown. Owned by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) as a part of a land swap with the New England Medical Center (NEMC), the land was promised to the Chinatown community for a community center. However, during the...