The U.S. city of Salt Lake City, Utah, has two distinct locations that were called "Chinatown". The old Chinatown was located in a section called "Plum Alley" on Second South Street from the early 1900s until 1952. According to KUED, around 1,800 Chinese lived here with "... a network of laundries, restaurants, Oriental specialty shops..." and "... gambling joints, providing the social outlet for many of the lonely residents..." who were bachelors. A new Chinatown was to be opened in at 3390 S. State Stin South Salt Lake in late 2012, according to the developer's website.
 
Plum Alley: the first Chinatown
 
Plum Alley was Chinatown for the first half of the 1900s. The area had a network of laundromats, restaurants and oriental specialty shops. According to KUED TV, Plum Alley was eventually razed "... and was replaced by Regent Street Parking Terrace".
 
2012: South Salt Lake Chinatown
 
According to the Deseret News, a new Chinatown is to be built in South Salt Lake. Ground breaking was done in 2011 and will be completed as a Chinese-themed shopping mall. The mall will have a "... 27,000 square foot Asian grocery store, 65,000 square foot indoor mall including 38 Asian-themed shops and 12,000 square feet Asian-themed strip mall". Margaret Yee, a 1962 graduate says that "... 10,000-plus Chinese nationals living in the area have wanted  for a long time...."
 
According to the The Salt Lake Tribune, the Chinatown has experienced an upsurge of Chinese immigrants and the businesses are now filling up the Chinatown.