
AN ASIAN AMERICAN MAPPING OF BOSTON ZINE
Billy Zeng created a zine highlighting three Asian American historic sites in Massachusetts that no longer physically exist: Jade Restaurant, Glad Day Bookshop, and Syriatown, an area that eventually became part of Chinatown. His project explores the histories of these important places and the preservation efforts needed to keep their stories alive. Through a combination of interviews, research, and creative design, Billy uses the zine format to engage audiences with questions about memory, loss, and cultural heritage. His work invites readers to reflect on what it means to preserve places that live on in community memory even after their physical disappearance.
LISTEN TO AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN BILLY AND DIANA JEONG
and learn more about the Jade Restaurant’s history