March 15, 2023

By Jeff Gammage and Massarah Mikati 

For an arena to help Market East, said Harris Steinberg, executive director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the team must install fresh and appealing attractions that draw people and dollars even when the arena is empty. And that does so without harming Chinatown, which for half a century has fought for its survival against outside development projects.

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