Philadelphia Chinatown Puppet Parade and Carnival Held Nov. 11, Calling for Safer Streets and Community Connection
Philadelphia Chinatown's "Community Connections" puppet parade and carnival took place on November 11, with the parade setting off at noon from 10th and Vine streets to Franklin Square, followed by a carnival from 1 to 4 p.m. The event was organized by Spiral Q Puppet Theater together with the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, Chinatown institutions and community members, using art and a parade to call for traffic safety in Chinatown.
Children and seniors cross the Vine Street Expressway and Ridge Avenue every day on their way to schools and parks. Organizers said the parade aims to reclaim the streets for the neighborhood, connect the parks and celebrate culture. Throughout the fall, Spiral Q has worked with the Chinatown Development Corporation on the parade and carnival, and held storytelling and art-making workshops at daycare and senior centers.
The event echoes the Chinatown Stitch plan, which would build a new park over the sunken Interstate 676 and improve traffic safety on Vine Street from 9th Street to Broad Street. Philadelphia's transportation department said in late October that the project is moving forward with design and community engagement.
Source: Spiral Q
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：费城华埠街景。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（CC0）。 Image: Philadelphia's Chinatown. Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
