What can Mahjong’s latest revival tell us about gentrification in immigrant communities?

Feet in 2 Worlds reporter Aria Young takes us to Flushing, Queens, New York, where the beloved game is part of an economic transformation shaping the city’s largest Chinese enclave.

City of Possibility is a multimedia series that asks: what do immigrants imagine is possible for themselves and their city’s future?

City of Possibility

Credits

Produced by Aria Young

Videography by May Braaten

Edited by Quincy Surasmith and Mia Warren

Fact Checking by Julie Schwietert Collazo

Feet in 2 Worlds is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the Fernandez Pave the Way Foundation, the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, the Elizabeth Bond Davis Foundation, an anonymous donor, and contributors to our annual NewsMatch campaign.

Aria Young is a multimedia journalist born in Shanghai and based in New York City. She is currently an Associate Producer at Dateline NBC. Her reporting and production have also appeared on ABC News, NBC News, Feet in 2 Worlds, Inkstick Media, NPR, PRX, Audio Flux, and other outlets. Her work has been recognized by the Asian American Journalists Association, the Deadline Club, NPR, and the United Nations Foundation. Known as Qin 沁 to her family, she is proud to be the daughter of Hui 慧 and the granddaughter of Lan Fang 兰芳, whose love and resilience continue to shape her work.