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Courthouse Time Machine Connects Philly with 1995
Art & Design

Courthouse Time Machine Connects Philly with 1995

Ann de Forest has this love letter to the mural inside the Criminal Justice Center at 1301 Filbert Street

NIMBYs, Zoning, and Much Ado About the Painted Bride Mural
Art & Design

NIMBYs, Zoning, and Much Ado About the Painted Bride Mural

In Old City, Isaiah Zagar’s largest mosaic mural hangs in the balance as a neighborhood association contest a contemporary overbuild that would save the artwork

Meta Muralist Blends Architecture With Public Art
Art & Design

Meta Muralist Blends Architecture With Public Art

Contributor Karen Chernick sits down with artist Michael Webb to discuss the process of mural making and his revolving theme of building-inspired public art

Pending Destruction Of Zagar Mural Spurs Community Into Action
Art & Design

Pending Destruction Of Zagar Mural Spurs Community Into Action

Public artwork and real estate development collide with the demolition of the Society Hill Playhouse. Michael Bixler reports

With Ice And Coal Building’s Murals Gone, Is Italian Market Development Coming?
Development

With Ice And Coal Building’s Murals Gone, Is Italian Market Development Coming?

The community mural wall at 9th and Ellsworth is all but a gray-washed memory today. A barrier for the empty lot where the Ice And Coal building once stood, it stands a fine example of artists pitching it to tackle urban blight. Daniel Shurley takes us down to South 9th Street, where plans for a Business Improvement District, and possibly a new, creative life for the wall, are currently in the works

The New Life Of The Old Family Court (And Its Murals)
Art & Design

The New Life Of The Old Family Court (And Its Murals)

When the Family Court relocates to its new building on LOVE Park later this year, it will vacate the French-inspired structure on Logan Square it’s called home for over 70 years. Max Ufberg digs in to see what will become of the New Deal-era murals, as well as a looming sculpture of a prominent judge, when the building is reborn as a luxury hotel

Wild Cards Of The City’s Walls
Photography

Wild Cards Of The City’s Walls

Mural Arts may paint most of Philly’s walls and get all the press, but there are plenty of murals created outside the system. Peter Woodall and Katrina Ohstrom survey the idiosyncratic field

Echoes of the Bicentennial
Art & Design

Echoes of the Bicentennial

Faded murals spotted in Kensington and Fishtown recall Philadelphia’s bungled Bicentennial celebration in 1976.


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