Common Threads

Artist: Meg Saligman

Location: Broad & spring Garden Streets

photo by Jack Ramsdale

Rising eight stories high, Common Threads features antique figurines based on figurines owned by the artist’s grandmother, with students from two area high schools – Benjamin Franklin High School and the School for Creative Performing arts (CAPA) – mirroring their poses.  The mural reflects the common threads that link us across cultures and across time.  On a typical weekday, 5,800 people pass through the SEPTA stop at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, making this one of Mural Arts; most visible and iconic murals.