He passes a row of uninspired single-story retail - his future neighbors, if all goes according to plan. Adelman, in a military green bomber jacket, dark pants and stylish leather boots, his mane of thick black hair perfectly combed back, begins to walk down Market Street. “So this,” he says, “is where the arena would go.”īefore we can consider the world in which there’s a $1.3 billion arena for the Philadelphia 76ers on the site of the Fashion District mall in the heart of Center City, however, we must face reality. He points across the street at fast-fashion retailer Primark, its logo glowing windshield-wiper-fluid blue in the distance. On a Monday afternoon in October, David Adelman stands at the corner of 11th and Market streets, imagining an alternate universe. David Adelman / Photograph by Scott Lewis
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