The International District Emergency Center (IDEC) was founded by Donnie Chin and Dean Wong in 1968 to provide emergency medical services to the Chinatown-International District in light of City disinvestment in the neighborhood. IDEC’s headquarters is located in the Sun May Company, Seattle’s oldest Chinese antique and gift store. The area once included family apartments for the second generation of the early Chinese American community. See the nearby storefront exhibition on Donnie Chin and the International District Emergency Center.