Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former settlement in Los Angeles, California that existed near downtown from the 1860s until the 1930s. This location was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation. The extent of Old Chinatown “included the former Calle de los Negros and extended east across Alameda Street to the area between Macy and Aliso Streets.” This Chinatown was at its commercial and communal peak between 1890 and 1910.