Life in the City

Life in the City, painted on the Spring Garden Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River, was one of the first murals painted by the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network in 1985. Young people from the Mantua neighborhood assisted in the painting of the mural, many of whom were graffiti writers at the time. It depicts what life was like in the community where they lived. The mural was originally painted using house paint. It was replaced by Mantua All Stars in 2002.

Location Note: Mural no longer on view at this location (replaced by new mural in 2002).