Spring Garden Bridge Mural

[donegal punk]

SPRING GARDEN BRIDGE MURAL

I know that some Kindergartner is probably crying right now, but I am SO GLAD that his/her mural has been taken down. The city must've been smoking crack to commission a mural like that. Whew!

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

[Malloy]

I dont miss the mural...but I HATE the diamond plate.

[CHIOSSO]

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
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We know! It's so heartbreaking. The Streets Department is making necessary repairs to the Spring Garden Street Bridge, & we had hope to remove the panels & install them elsewhere, but apparently they need them there in order to do their work, so there is no hope for salvaging them.
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.


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[desolate]

I dont miss the mural...but I HATE the diamond plate.

Hate the FRA.

City tried to remove the thing entirely.

[thoth]

What's stopping them from doing another mural over the plating? Isn't there similar material on the 34th St bridge over the SEPTA tracks? They put a decent mural over that, but I can't recall if it is plating or just concrete embankment.

[donegal punk]

That diamond plate is pretty resistant to paint, so they'd have to use some kind of binder or spend the time roughing up the metal. I don't really like the metal, but it sure beats that mural. I have to drive that bridge twice a day, sometimes more.

[thoth]

That baby with the black, dead eyes always did freak me out.

[desolate]

Those bridges don't have long for the world.

It's a waste either way.

[phillysw]

I actually liked the mural, though I agree that lumpy-headed baby was creepy! And it was looking really faded. But the new diamond plate panels are awful. The reflections are distracting. I'm dreading the day I bike over the bridge (which is already VERY dangerous for bikers in places) with really bad sun-glare reflecting off those panels.

[donegal punk]

compared to the high quality murals elsewhere in the city, that one was embarrassing and got more exposure than some of the more beautiful pieces.