This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while; imagine the influx of people, money and safety that can be brought to a dying neighborhood by turning the entire area into an incredible and community-inclusive art project.
The artists were commissioned by the City of Philadelphia and its Mural Arts Program to paint a section of Germantown Avenue as part of an ongoing revitalization effort targeted at stagnant commercial corridors. Located in the central part of North Philadelphia a few blocks east of Broad Street, the neighborhood is better known for its abandoned houses than its arts scene.