Philadelphia will remove the sculptures of oversized board game pieces at Thomas Paine Plaza in Center City, citing wear and tear on the art pieces and plans to redesign and renovate the park to be more like Dilworth Plaza and LOVE Park. The public art installation, called Your Move, was commissioned in 1996. As part of the upcoming renovations, a new public art installation will be commissioned for the plaza.
Editor s note: This is the sixth part in Frontpage Mag s new series on Racist Mayors. (See previous parts below this article). Stay tuned for more installments. As a Philadelphia City Councilman in 2014, two years before his election as the city’s 99th mayor, Jim Kenney, an Eagles fan, tweeted that Chris Christie, a Cowboys fan, was a “fat ass.” Kenney then let it rip: “You suck! Kissing Texas ass for 2016!” While sports fanaticism might be a forgivable offense among overzealous males, two years earlier in 2012, Kenney tweeted Lou Dobbs after the latter made critical comments about Obama’s reelection: “You are a large asshole. Crawl back under your rock. You are a hater and a creep hiding behind your microphone.”
There are thousands of colorful murals scattered across the city, which were commissioned by Mural Arts Philadelphia, an organization founded originally as an anti-graffiti campaign in 1984 to empower professional artists by showcasing their talents to the city.
Since its founding, there have been more than 3,600 public murals created in Philadelphia, most of which are still visible today.
While there is seemingly an infinite pool of art in the city to find, here are some of the latest murals to be added to the city s collection:
Photo by Steve Weinik/Mural Arts
“We Did That” by Symone Salib and Letisha Bindu Golafaie can be found at 13th and Arch Street.