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Chinatown: City Planning Commission and Residents Discuss Future of Roundhouse Site

March 9, 2022 Ingrid Vera Slater 0

Following the PPD headquarters move, city-wide outreach has begun to decide what to do with the vacant land parcel. [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Shoppers and Businesses Adjust to Plastic Bag Ban

January 21, 2022 Brian Creech 0

Story by Kent Kuo Once the City of Philadelphia implemented its plastic bag ban on Oct. 1, Philadelphia shop owners and customers began to see actual changes inside the city’s stores. “Since the day we [continue reading…]

Chinatown: AAI Celebrates New Mural With Party on Pearl Street

December 10, 2021 Jeremy Elvas 0

The Asian Arts Initiative unveils a new mural and invites the community for the Pearl Street Block Party. [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Grocery Business Stays Robust Despite Threat of COVID-19 Delta Variant

October 11, 2021 Brian Creech 0

Story by Alan Lu Heng Fa Food Market, the largest grocery store in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, has remained financially successful despite increasing worries around the COVID-19 delta variant. The Chinatown Development Corporation estimated that the average [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Businesses and Shoppers React to Plastic Bag Ban

October 6, 2021 Brian Creech 2

Story by Kent Kuo With the second phase of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban starting on Oct. 1, corner store staff and customers in Chinatown are preparing for the change. The bag ban prohibits stores from [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Lunar New Year Celebrations Continue Amid Pandemic

April 1, 2021 Philadelphia Neighborhoods 0

There might be less people in the streets this year in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, but the community still found ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year in February amid the pandemic and the anti-Asian discrimination that [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Supporting Philly’s AAPI Community During Rise in Anti-Asian Violence

March 7, 2021 Philadelphia Neighborhoods 0

Cynthia Choi of Chinese for Affirmative Action said the COVID-19 surge in hate crimes has Asian people in America fearing for their lives. “The one thing you’ve been allowed to do in the last year is take [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Protestors Demonstrate Outside ICE Office, Inside Bus Station

October 4, 2019 Lawrence McGlynn 0

Members of the Philadelphia Workers Solidarity Network protested outside the Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency office at 114 N. Eighth St on Saturday, Sept. 14, . The target of the protest was not just the [continue reading…]

Podcast: Chinatown Teen Support Group Looks For Safe Environment

July 19, 2019 Christopher Malo 0

This episode of Philadelphia Neighbors explores the creation and continuance of a teen support group in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood. The host follows two doctors to discuss the reasons they formed a group for students and [continue reading…]

Chinatown: Committee Rejects Proposal to Legalize Unregistered Apartments

April 17, 2019 Christine Quach 0

The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC)’s planning committee rejected a proposal to legalize unregistered apartments above Ly Jen Therapy Salons at 121 N. 11th St. on March 12. The current owners of the building presented [continue reading…]