"Taste of Argyle," an annual food festival. He also secured funds from Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne to fix the sidewalks, and later from Mayor Harold Washington to repair building facades. Because of his tireless work in promoting the neighborhood, Soo would later be known as the unofficial "Mayor of Argyle Street." By 1986 it was estimated that Uptown had about 8,000 Chinese and Vietnamese residents. The concentration of Vietnamese restaurants, bakeries and shops; as well as Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian and Thai businesses along Argyle Street, centered on the Argyle 'L' station has led to the neighborhood being nicknamed New Chinatown, Little Saigon, or Little Vietnam. On June 3, 2010 the area roughly bounded by Broadway to the west, Winona Street to the north, Sheridan Road to the east, and Ainslie Street to the south was entered into the National Register of Historic Places. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago References External links Historic districts in Chicago North Side, Chicago Neighborhoods in Chicago Asian-American culture in Chicago Ethnic enclaves in Illinois Cambodian-American culture Chinatowns in the United States Little Saigons Laotian-American culture Thai-American culture Vietnamese-American history Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago Populated places established in the 1880s