Category: Random Visions

Obey Giant’s “The Stamp of Incarceration: James… – City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

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Obey Giant‘s “The Stamp of Incarceration: James Anderson” comes in at #5 on our list of most popular murals of 2015.

The mural, part of our Open Source exhibition, was designed by Shepard Fairey and painted by men who are incarcerated at Graterford State Correctional Institution. You can find it installed at 1131 Callowhill Street.

Shepard’s “Stamp of Incarceration” series depicts people who were incarcerated, but are now doing inspiring and noteworthy things with their lives. For this mural, Shepard chose to highlight James Anderson, a human rights activist and Program Administrator at The Anti-Recidivism Coalition. The portrait is based on a photo by Barbara Davidson.

Photo by Steve Weinik.

Source: Obey Giant’s “The Stamp of Incarceration: James… – City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

Good Eye: American Trust Co. building

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The former American Trust Co. & Savings Bank, top, at Broad and Fairmount, and as it stands today, amid billboards. INGA SAFFRON / Inquirer Architecture Critic

The former American Trust Co. & Savings Fund at Broad and Fairmount is a good example, despite its mutilated condition. Though partially obscured by a scrim of billboards, you can still see the hallmarks of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in the heavy, almost medieval, massing, the picturesque roofline with its single, asymmetrical gable, the rusticated stone, and richly colored checkerboard detailing.

Source: Good Eye: American Trust Co. building