In this April 10, 2012, photo, pedestrians cross a dragon-engraved street in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. When Walmart announced plans to put one of its sprawling outlets in Chinatown, alarms were quickly sounded by people fearful that a chain superstore would destroy the character of one of the nation's oldest, largest and most historic Chinatowns.  These days New Chinatown, as it was called then, finds itself increasingly surrounded by multi-ethnic neighborhoods and high-density residential developments like the building that would house the Walmart store on its ground floor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)