Laundry and baths now a parking lot.

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This file appears in: Spokane's Chinatown
Laundry and baths now a parking lot.

A parking lot is all that exists on the Northwest corner of Browne and Main, where in 1913 Sunset Hand Laundry and Oriental Baths and Laundry used to stand in, on the edge of Chinatown.

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This file appears in: Spokane's Chinatown

By Nicolette Reames
In the late 1800s, the fast-growing city of Spokane attracted immigrants from all over the world, including China and Japan. As in other American cities, a combination of anti-Asian prejudice and personal preference caused Chinese and Japanese…