Here is my attempt of the Chinatown scene I saw a few years ago in San Francisco.  Done a little like Dong Kingman, a noted California watercolorist of the middle 20th century.  I made a few edits and left out a building which did not add much to the painting.  The lanterns were what really drew my interest.  This is a  9"x12" scene on a 140 lb Arches watercolor block.