City officials plan to reveal new street signs in northwest Dallas this week to recognize the Korean American community’s decades-long contributions to the...
A ceremony to reveal the street signs has been scheduled for Friday, which is the 120th anniversary of the first Korean immigrants arriving in the U.S.8:09 AM on Jan 11, 2023 CST
City officials plan to reveal new street signs in northwest Dallas this week to recognize the Korean American community’s decades-long contributions to the city’s Koreatown. New signs on Royal Lane, Harry Hines Boulevard and Newkirk Street will display street names in English and in Korean, according to a flier for an unveiling event scheduled for noon Friday.John Lee, board member of the Greater Dallas Korean American Chamber of Commerce, has been spearheading efforts for the organizations push to get the city to approve street toppers that read “Koreatown” for a stretch of Royal Lane.
Dallas City Council member Omar Narvaez, whose district encompasses the area, has said that he wanted an official Koreatown designation for the area in “early 2023.” Narvaez will be attending Friday’s ceremony, which will be at the intersection of Royal Lane and Harry Hines Boulevard.Charles Park, a longtime advocate for the Korean American community in North Texas, said he could not have imagined seeing road signs in Dallas that display the Korean language.
. Hojun Choi covers breaking news. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the Dallas Morning News, he was a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman.
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