Should Chinatown be protected from gentrification by founding it as a historic landmark for the city?

The purpose of the interview was to hear another opinion about someone else on the topic of Chinatowns future and also to hear what they have to say. My interviewee is Daniel Herrera and he is part of our AP Language and Literature class, he is a Hispanic American, he is 17 and he is a male. I think the overall attitude towards this research project and he seemed pretty into it and provided me with a lot of his opinion and his reasons with my questions. “How would this affect other neighborhoods and other people of different cultures who liked visiting Chinatown?”, this was a good question because it gave me some opinionated reasoning on this and a bit more support of my thinking. Their answer “I don't think much would change. The people that would be mostly affected would be the ones living there, and Chinatown is a known tourist attraction or just one of the places you go to in the city to have a good time.” What I learned from this interview was different opinions and different points of views on this topic. I also learned some reasons why some of my questions were good and were answered as very good

• Chinatowns possible gentrification affecting the community

• The after event of gentrification affecting the residents and the people around the neighborhood

• It affecting Chinatowns architecture and removing the culture looks from it

• Affecting the many tourists from around the country and the world, since its one of the last standing Chinatown that isn't gentrification

• The possible chain affect of this possible gentrification and affecting other small towns

My results of the people I surveyed is very much one sided, which leaned towards the protection side, to protect Chinatown and prevent gentrification. The individuals who I surveyed were the ages were across the ages of 15-19, I had recorded their opinions and their ideas, and it all ended up to being all one answer. I asked them whether Chinatown should be protected and why we should protect it, and the answers I got all agreed with my opinion. The results of my survey were 26/26, meaning that everyone had agreed to trying to save Chinatown and prevent the gentrification. Most of the people I surveyed are all students of some school, and are residents of Chicago, they have mostly all been to Chinatown and have taken a stroll and bought something from there. How would it feel for us if it was all gone tomorrow and replaced with a commericalized modern shopping center. I think that Chinatown deserves to be protected, and it needs to stay for the present and the future.