According to Jenny Cho in her book Chinatown in Los Angeles, published by Arcadia Publishing in 2009, p. 66: "The Gate of Maternal Virtue, also known as the Gate of Filial Piety, was built by Y. C. Hong as a tribute to his mother and to all mothers. Originally made of century-old camphor wood, the gate is located on the east side of Central Plaza that faces North Broadway Street."
The open air Central Plaza of the New Chinatown was designed by the architects Erle Webster and Adrian Wilson.
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