Grant Avenue's original name was Calle de la Fundacion, and along this street started old Chinatown which was completely destroyed by the fire and earthquake of 1906. The new buildings, temples, and "Chinese architecture" of present Chinatown is something emerged between 1909 and 1929 as another local adaptation of chinoiserie to Edwardian elements. Yet you can find San Francisco's Chinatown irresistibly attractive if not authentic Chinese. What makes Chinatown genuine though are the various dialects of Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese dialects of tourists, the folk and custom traditions of festivals and holidays, the oriental flavors and aromas and all that art of Cantonese cuisine that you cannot ever resist.