in 1910, a small lane with housing and shopping was built called mulberry arcade, connecting mulberry street and columbia street between lafayette and green streets. in the 1920s, recurring federal opium raids disrupted the community, causing many to move to more peaceful places. despite an attempt to revive the neighborhood decades later, the mulberry arcade (the center of chinatown) was removed in the 1950s. a 21st century project in the area is called mulberry commons.