Prior note continued:

...complete with maps and appropriate language signage for each. One of the streetcars, the most colorful one, prominently features Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon.

In addition, the city later installed Chinese and Japanese language translations underneath the English names of neighborhood street signs. Little Saigon at first declined, but later changed its mind when it realized the importance of neighborhood branding through signage for tourism and marketing purposes. Neighborhood businesses and community organizations are already under pressure of rising crime, displacement, homogenization, Asian hate crimes and all the challenges development entails and need all the help possible in use of our neighborhood names to get away from being labeled “international” when we are Americans.

Here's the reason why Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon want our own neighborhood names used. Please make the corrections.
There is no such place as an International District!

The entire district name is Chinatown International District, according to City Ordinance 119297 (1999), or the CID; or Chinatown ID, but never just ID.

The boundaries of the CID are from 4th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. S. and from Yesler Way to Charles and Dearborn Streets (Chinatown International District Urban Village Master Plan, 1998; Chinatown International District Strategic Plan, 1998; Chinatown International District Neighborhood Master Plan, updated 2021).

Within the CID are the three neighborhoods of Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon. Chinatown is roughly south of Jackson; Japantown is roughly north of Jackson and Little Saigon is largely east of I-5.

Also within the CID is the Seattle Chinatown Historic District, as listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1986). For your information, a portion of Japantown opted to be included in the Chinatown Historic District.

The name Chinatown International District came about as the result of a compromise, and as such, no one in Chinatown, Japantown or Little Saigon (CJLS) likes it; but that’s the nature of a compromise. We want our own neighborhood names to be used for historic, cultural, heritage and marketing reasons. The problem with the “international" label is that it marks us as forever foreign and contributes to the anti-Asian hate crimes climate. As one community member asked, “When do we get to be American?” We prefer our own neighborhood names be used, as they are now time honored parts of the American fabric.

The City of Seattle is moving in the right direction. City staff met with representatives of CJLS to get our input on the Jackson St. Streetcar project. As a result, our neighborhood names of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon each appears on one of the three streetcar station stops on Jackson....

Hi, couldn't label Chinatown correctly so here are the options: 1) Chinatown 2) Chinatown Historic District; documentation: National Register Seattle Chinatown Historic District (Nov. 61986 but letter not received until 1987 but can also find this info in Washington State HIstoric Preservation Office files or US National Register of Historic Places; there's also a map but the map wouldn't copy and paste):
STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Olympia, Washington (20K)) •
March 19, 1987
Ms. Karen Gordon,
Hlstoric Preservation Officer Seattle Community Development
400 Yesler Buildlng
Seattle, WA 98104-2696

Dear Ms. Gordon:
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that the Seattle
CHINATOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Seattle, Washington
has been selected by the Keeper ot the National Register for placement in the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Register is the tangible reminders of the history of the United States and Is the repository of the natlon's cultural resources worthy of preservation.
We are pleased to apprise you of this honor.
Sincerely,
Jacob E. Thomas
State Historic Preservation Officer

Hi, couldn't figure out how to make corrections myself, so where the marker is, is the location of Japantown from Jackson to both sides of Main Street. For documentation, plz send me an email address I can put attachments to. Or look up Chinatown International District Neighborhood Master Plan on the city website (1998, 2021 update).

1. Chinatown International District is official name of district (SeattleCity Ordinance 119297) It's incorrectly listed as Interntional District on the map on the Sound Transit December meeting page
2. The CID is 3 neighborhoods: Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon but this map only lists Little Saigon. Chinatown is south of Jackson St. Japantown is north of Jackson St.
3. You need to show CID is on both sides of I-5 as well as show the 3 different neighborhoods in it: Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon
4. Let me know if you need the city documentation as evidence or need more details.