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Sep 20
2011

New Phillies Mural Coming to the Walnut St. Bridge

Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, the largest public art program in the country, has produced over 3,500 murals since its inception in 1984. Last week, in conjunction with the Phillies, the Mural Arts Program unveiled The Phillies Mural, a work of public art honoring our Boys of Summer that will rise eight stories on the side of a building on Walnut St., facing the Schuylkill river and I-76. That building currently looks like this:

In the coming year, thousands of fans and members of the community will participate in paint days to contribute to the mural designed by David McShane, who has also created two other baseball themed murals in other parts of the city. The Phillies Mural will honor current and former players, current and former stadiums, beloved announcers and of course the Phillie Phanatic. Fans will have the opportunity to vote on the final player added to the mural, with more information coming out about that in the weeks to come.

We’re totally excited to watch the mural come together in the months ahead, and would recommend just one addition: Perhaps a World Series pennant for 2011?

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  • riccardo

    Looks great. Has the potential to be an instant classic and a landmark.

  • Mitch Lawrence

    Like the idea of a mural on that building  but I dont like that mural. 

     Way way too busy.

    Need to go back to the drawing board come up with something much pleasant to the eye.

  • Ericclaywarner

    Agree way too much going on. I prefer what is there now, has a sort of historic character to it. This new mural looks like a cartoon drawing. BAD

  • GoneGreen

    Yeah, I am not fond of this mural either. I was expecting something much better.

  • EM

    I love the Mural Arts Program but don’t like this mural.  It’s cartoony in its symmetry and garish colors.

  • person

    They need to add Mitch Williams blowing his save in the ’93 World Series.

  • http://thisoldcity.com This Old City

    baddd. is it me or are new mural arts projects declining in quality? 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WVOX4M5VWHZQY6BT44H3VMDIRM Dude Solarsystem

    You’re an idiot.

  • arktekt

    This mural is appalling and tacky. The loss of the old Walnut Bridge sign is regrettable — if there has to be a Phillies mural here, then it needs to be a lot more tasteful. How about a giant Phillies P?

  • qguy

    Looks like a mashup of a hundred baseball cards—after someone knocked over the shoebox they were keeping them in.

  • Guest

    I don’t know, can you give us some other recent examples?

  • 3rd&Brown

    I agree with others. Busy and tacky. Why not just the P? That’s classic.

  • http://thisoldcity.com This Old City

    Julian Abele Park mural at 22nd and Carpenter, the mural above Sampan on 13th near Sansom… both recents, both underwhelming.

  • Fatewilleatyou

    Hideous, garish, and pandering. I’m sure every sports fan will love. You could put a “P” on a turd, and the opiated masses would pay $100 for it. As long as it had a foil sticker to never take off of it, that is.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OKHQJLPLISB27V2SSMGH2TQOAI R

    Hideous, one-dimensional piece of cut-and-paste detritus that resembles a souvenir paint by numbers kit you’d buy at the airport. Is this revenge for the failed plans to bring a sports stadium to Center City? If not, why not honor this spot with something subtle and attractive that draws on themes of river crossings, historical bridges or transportation hubs?

  • Kenster

    Absolutely hideous.  What a travesty.  Terrible graphic design, like this was given to some intern in the Phillies organization and who banged it out wtih Photoshop.  Philly, we deserve better.

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