The Jackson Street Community Council serves as an early model of interethnic community activism. Formed in 1946, it worked to support neighborhood businesses and community organizations along Jackson Street, which spanned the Chinatown-International District and Central District. The construction of Interstate-5 in the 1960s severely impacted the neighborhood—paving over many long-standing hotels, family homes, and businesses as well as creating immense division and bringing pollution to the area.