On the back of Mount Tabor Church, Growing Up in Germantown uses a traditional triptych (three-part) style with a stained glass effect at the top, representing this family-friendly neighborhood. The project was created with artists from the Center in the Park, Germantown High School, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, and Philadelphia Youth Corps.

Sunshine Surrounds Us is located at Happy Hollow Recreation Center (Philly’s oldest!) where several prominent athletes and coaches got their start. The mural reflects the rec center’s warm history along with its bright future, depicting images from past and present, all surrounded by the colors of the sun’s rays.

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 18 survivors relocated to temporary housing in Germantown. A year later, we worked with the survivors and the larger Haitian community in the neighborhood to create a mural that initiated a healing conversation.

History, Commerce, Community was a truly collaborative community effort. This project was spearheaded by a volunteer committee of Germantown leaders and stakeholders, steering democratic decision-making and creating joint ownership of public space in this diverse neighborhood.

The Women of Germantown on the historic YWCA building celebrates three influential women born in the neighborhood: Louisa May Alcott, a writer known for the novel Little Women; Clarice Herbert, the first African American woman on the YWCA’s central board of directors; and Sarah McClean, whose patronage built the Germantown Y in 1912.