Chinatown Stitch design advances despite funding cancellation

Designs for the Chinatown Stitch highway cap project are advancing despite the federal government’s recent cancellation of most of its funding.

The project would install a lush park on a new cap over the Vine Street Expressway between 10th and 12th streets, according to project renderings. It would include trees and landscaping, a lawn with a covered plaza, a playground, a small stream, a “moon gate” and garden inspired by Chinese traditions, a food kiosk and restrooms, and other features.

The park “will add a tremendous amount of green space that Chinatown never imagined that it could have,” and play a key role in ensuring the neighborhood’s future, said John Chin, executive director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, which has helped develop the project.

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