Topic: Chinatown
![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chris-Mansfield-TaLiyah-Thomas_City_Council_December_19_2024_Chinatown_76_Place-791x400.jpg)
The Power of the No-76 Place Protestors
A Black pastor and organizer extolls the power of disparate communities coming together to fight a Sixers arena on the edge of Chinatown — and vows to keep working for "one Philadelphia"
By Rev. Gregory Holston![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HED_1_Arena_Press_Conference_1_13_25_Roberts_Parker_Johnson_Boyer_Harris-791x400.jpg)
The Arena Deal That Wasn’t
Billionaires fighting. Pols flailing. Protestors screaming. Did the last three years really happen? What went wrong — or right — behind the arena wars
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Philadelphia_Police_Headquarters-791x400.jpg)
Can We Talk About the Roundhouse Now?
With the 76 Place debate behind us, can we get down to actual neighborhood — and city — planning?
By Courtney DuChene![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nicolas_ORourke_Thumbs_Down_Chris-Mansfield-TaLiyah-Thomas-791x400.jpg)
Love Thy Neighbor? Not Thy Sixers.
A guest commentary from a prominent Philadelphia Black pastor on why he and some other faith leaders oppose the plan to put an arena in Market East
By Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Comcast_Spectacor_Master_Plan_Rendering_South_Philly_Complex_Phase_1-791x400.png)
The Sports Economy is More than Stadiums
Whether or not the Sixers get to build their downtown arena, the way we think about sports culture in cities is severely limited. Could a “Sports Mayor” help reshape what athletics mean to a city?
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/httpsbucks1-my.sharepoint.comfgpersonalgpugliese_bucks_comEqqLY1X5HFNAj8R9UfJp5GcBQa52t4pwD8U14pTQ-u572Qe_9MsCSP__2_-791x400.jpeg)
A Progressive Arena Deal?
In Milwaukee, a sports arena deal has led to a pro-growth, pro-union, working class, cross-racial revival. Could it be a model for all development in Philly?
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ThreadPhone-e1703195886337-791x400.jpeg)
“Talking” To Your Dead Loved Ones
A Rail Park installation allows a grieving local writer to call her deceased parents and convey thoughts that are “carried by the wind.”
By Natalie Pompilio![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chinatown-Philadelphia-1-791x400.jpg)
Chinatown, Equity Partner
Forget a Chinatown community benefits agreement, a Philly native-turned New York storyteller says. The Sixers should offer the neighborhood a real partnership
By Alexander Narvekar Hughes![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/septa-transit-philadelphia-791x400.jpg)
The Growth Machine Agenda for Transportation and Infrastructure
Philly 3.0’s engagement director lays out what he believes our next mayor prioritize when it comes to all things SEPTA
By Jon Geeting![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_Mayoral_Debate_Center_City_Assoc-791x400.jpg)
Arena? What Arena?
Former mayors Rendell and Street say the fate of a new Sixers arena should be left to the next Mayor and Council. But do the mayoral candidates want any part of it?
By Larry Platt