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Chinese Friendship Arch

10th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107
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Philadelphia's Chinatown Friendship Arch
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The Friendship Arch is an ornate paifang, a gate or archway used to divide regions of a city. Though many North American Chinatowns have these arches, Philadelphia's version is considered to be more elaborate than most.
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  • The decorative arch was built in 1984 as a joint project between Philadelphia and its Chinese sister city, Tianjin.

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