Spring 2012

Baltimore Ave, Clark Park

West Philly

Spring 2012

Baltimore Ave, Clark Park

West Philly

Annin Street and South 10th Street
South Philly / Italian Market

Federal Street, near South 9th Street
South Philly / Italian Market

South 9th Street, near Federal
South Philly / Italian Market

Spring 2012

Baltimore Ave, Clark Park

West Philly

The text at the bottom of this poster reads, "Genderqueer people are people who do not identify as male or female, but as something in-between and/or different. They are our siblings, parents, friends & neighbors. Love your neighbors!"

Spring 2012

Baltimore Ave, Clark Park

West Philly

Spring 2012

Baltimore Ave, Clark Park

West Philly

The text at the bottom of this poster reads, "Trans = transgender / transsexual. Trans people are people who identify with a different gender than they were assigned at birth. They are our sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, friends & neighbors. Love your neighbors."

Capitolo Park
Federal between S. 10th & 9th
South Philly / Italian Market

Black and white images of ballerinas in company.

Kater Street between South 5th and 6th Streets
(south) Philly / Queen Village

I am such a fan of this piece. It's on a quiet alley of a street, well-suited to its subject. Their embrace is so tender and telling - the john's identity is protected while the sex worker's is fully public; she towers over him in a way that renders her powerful (and possibly, transgendered?)

East Passyunk between Federal and Wharton

South Philly / Italian Market

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Corner of Federal and 9th Streets
South Philly / Italian Market

10th Street between Ellsworth and Federal
South Philly / Italian Market

I assume this mysterious poster has something to do with the Eagles' loss to the Panthers Monday night ... I wish I knew more, because it's really amazing - visual economy befitting a Russian Constructivist poster* and obsessive stapling that palpably signifies rage like multiple stab wounds.

*I'm thinking about El Lisstizky's Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (1919).

9th Street between Washington and Ellsworth
South Philly / Italian Market

"Less Artsy / More Fartsy" - a worthy dictum

Capitolo Park
South Philly / Italian Market

These birds wrap around two sides of the northeast corner of the park. I saw them go up in broad daylight one Thursday morning in August.

Dickinson Square Park
South Philly / Pennsport

the clenched fist emblem of resistance makes an appearance in a flyer posted in the park. earth first? no - friends of dickinson square park!