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Philadelphia Chinatown (Simplified Chinese: 费城华埠, Traditional Chinese: 費城華埠, Pinyin: ''Fèichéng Huábù'') is a predominantly Asian American neighborhood in Center City Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC, T: 費城華埠發展會, S: 费城华埠发展会, P: ''Fèichéng Huábù Fāzhǎn Huì'') supports the area. The neighborhood stretches from Vine Street in the north to Arch Street in the south, and from North Franklin Street and North 7th Street in the east to North Broad Street in the west. ==History== In the mid-19th century, Cantonese immigrants to Philadelphia opened laundries and restaurants in an area in close proximity to Philadelphia's commercial wharves. This led to the start of Philadelphia's Chinatown.〔Wallace, David J. "Near Philadelphia's Chinatown, 51 New Homes." ''The New York Times''. March 8, 1998. (p. 3 ). Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 The first business was a laundry owned by Lee Fong at 913 Race Street; it opened in 1871. In the following years, Chinatown consisted of ethnic Chinese businesses clustered around the 900 block of Race Street.〔"(History of Chinatown )." Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 Before the mid-1960s it consisted of several restaurants and one grocery store.〔''AsianWeek'' Staff and ''Associated Press''. "(Philadelphia Chinatown Wins Stadium Fight ). ''AsianWeek''. November 24–30, 2000. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.〕 In the mid-1960s large numbers of families began moving to Chinatown.〔 During various periods of urban renewal, starting in the 1960s, portions of Chinatown were razed for the construction of the Vine Street Expressway and the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation was formed in 1968. This gave community and business leaders more say in matters of local development.〔"(History )." Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.〕 In years leading up to 1998, businesses catering to other immigrants from East Asian countries, like Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, opened in Chinatown.〔 In the late 1990s the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team was hoping to build a new ball park in downtown Philadelphia to replace the aging Veterans Stadium in South Philadelphia. Several locations were considered, including 12th and Vine Streets, just north of the Vine Street Expressway. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation mounted an intense opposition to the ballpark plans. Residents were concerned that the ballpark would destroy Chinatown. The PCDC staged protests and rallies that united neighborhood groups, religious, labor, ethnic, and political groups.〔 Eventually the Phillies built Citizens Bank Park at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which opened in 2004. In 2012, a plan to build the Eastern Tower Community Center was approved by the city council, with construction expected to be completed by 2015. The neighborhood is in danger of being gentrified with the increase in white population to the area, as with other East Coast Chinatowns in New York City and Boston. Despite the fact that expansion has occurred into the Chinatown North (Callowhill) neighborhood north of the Vine Street Expressway, the Chinese population continues to dwindle as real estate prices increase with the building of luxury condominiums each unit valued around $250,000 and up in 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinatown, Philadelphia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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