Philadelphia.2

Philadelphia's outdoor art is wonderful. There are lots of mosaics on walls--this (I think it's called the Magic Garden) is an over-the-top collection of everything imaginable stuck into a wall. This first picture reminds me of a children's book or a dream.




I also love the playful colors that are everywhere.






Murals are the other form of outdoor art at which Philly excels. Murals seem to me to lend themselves so well to a depiction of the community. It can be an incredibly local form of art. Even a mural of Italy that I noticed in Philadelphia was there because the building that it adorns is an Italian restaurant.