The Reading Viaduct Rail Park is entering a transitional stage, and Dave Kyu’s latest work is set to take full advantage. An artist with a socially conscious, literary bent, Kyu has been working on interviews and projects with Asian Arts Initiative’s Social Practice Lab for the last few years, including “Write Sky” and “Sign of the Times.” (Asian Arts served as Flying Kite’s On the Ground home through the end of January.) The former Mural Arts (MAP) project manager of the inaugural Neighborhood Time Exchange project in West Philly, he is still involved with the organization on a freelance basis.

Source: On the Ground: Melding art and sound in the shadow of the Reading Viaduct

We were in the neighborhood on this mild morning, and happened upon some unexpected construction on the 1200 block of Ridge Avenue. Across the street from the excellent Doctor J mural, a two-story building at 1232 Ridge Ave. is growing up, with a two-story addition and a four-story new building next door. The old building wasn’t terribly exciting, but it did have several architectural features that helped it fit in with other active and former warehouses in the area. The vacant lot next door looked like it was previously used for parking from time to time.In the pastIf you pass by today, it’s a very different scene.

Source: Nice Addition In Progress on Ridge Avenue | Naked Philly