| Summary: | Recreation Day, an event held on Saturday, August 20, on Oak Street in Chinatown, celebrated the Chinatown community's success in preventing the New England Medical Center from building a parking garage on Parcel C in Chinatown. Sponsored by the Coalition to Protect Parcel C for Chinatown, Recreation Day demonstrated the Chinese community's intension to use Parcel C to build a recreation and community center. There was music, food, and games for families and children at the fair. In this image, the woman onstage is wearing a t-shirt that says "Fight Parcel C, Power." In the background, an audience of Chinese Americans is listening and an exterior mural painted on a brick building is partially visible.
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