Indivisible Philadelphia has a permit for the entire mall, which can hold approximately 20,000 people. For now, the stage for the speaker program will be located near Chestnut Street by the Liberty Bell Pavilion.
Miller said there will be large video screens along the mall so people can hear and see the speakers from a distance.
Overall, fewer people are expected at this protest than the one held in June, which saw around 100,000 people fill the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. That’s largely because Philadelphia is not hosting the flagship event during this round of protests, making this more of a local rally.
Will there be road closures?
Market Street, between 5th and 6th streets, will be closed for the duration of the protest.
The rest of Market Street will close temporarily as marchers make their way from City Hall to Independence Mall.
“It’s sort of an iterative thing,” said Miller. “They won’t close 10th and Market, let’s say, until we start to get there.”
Once the crowd has cleared an intersection, it will reopen to car traffic.
Additionally, side streets feeding into Market Street will be barricaded so no car traffic can get through as marchers move toward Independence Mall.
For now, it’s unclear how the protest will impact SEPTA. A spokesperson said those details are not available yet.
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