The ‘Save Chinatown’ movement began 50 years ago with the fight over the expansion of the Vine Street Expressway.
But amid the red-and-gold roll of “No Arena” victory parties — 300 ... executive director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp. “Our parents worked their way up to become small ...
The Philadelphia 76ers abandoned their plans to build ... The two co-founded Students for the Preservation of Chinatown and the Ginger Arts Center. “The No Arena fight is a wake up call to the city,” ...
PHILADELPHIA ... Opponents feared the arena would bring gridlock on game days as well as gentrification and rising rents to the area. The Chinatown community has fought a series of proposed ...
In Philadelphia's Chinatown section, business owners are reassessing the neighborhood and their future. It comes after the Sixers announced they would not build an arena in nearby Market East.
Arena opponents gather at 10th and Arch streets in Chinatown for a press conference celebrating ... has any challenges with what is contained in this agreement, you no longer have the Philadelphia ...
It was a raucous and joyful celebration through the streets of Chinatown on Sunday, as hundreds of people from Philly and beyond marked both the first weekend of the Year of the Snake and a victory in ...
After years of protests against a plan to build a new arena for the NBA’s 76ers near Philadelphia ... the Chinatown area and push out Asian American businesses and families, will no longer ...
The Philadelphia ... arena in South Philadelphia and abandon a deal to move downtown. The news comes as a relief to critics of the plan to put a $1.3 billion arena between City Hall and Chinatown.
Had no idea that we would be here ... Hicks added the Chinatown activists were likely a considered factor for the swift change to keep the arena in the South Philadelphia sports complex. “This was a ...