{"id":1134,"date":"2025-02-06T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:11:18","slug":"neh-grant-to-support-immersive-exploration-of-la-historic-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/news-brief\/2025\/02\/neh-grant-to-support-immersive-exploration-of-la-historic-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"NEH grant to support immersive exploration of L.A.\u2019s historic Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/02\/chinatown_neh_top-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/02\/chinatown_neh_top-1920x1080.png 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/02\/chinatown_neh_top-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/02\/chinatown_neh_top-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Side-by-side composite of L.A.\u2019s Union Station in modern times and when it was Chinatown\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC\u2019s interactive Chinatown History Project transports users back in time to when Union Station was Los Angeles\u2019 original Chinatown. 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href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/virtual-and-augmented-reality-bring-historical-objects-to-life\/\"> Chinatown History Project<\/a> is an initiative that uses augmented reality to digitally reconstruct artifacts and spaces from Los Angeles\u2019 historic Chinatown. 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