Consolidated Laundry Industrial Site Murals, 31st & Powelton (1985)

The murals at the Consolidated Laundry industrial site in the Powelton/Mantua neighborhoods of West Philadelphia were created by the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network (PAGN). This former industrial location where large-scale laundry operations were once conducted, typically involved the cleaning and processing of large volumes of textiles from business and institutions in Philadelphia, specifically. The site had numerous walls and multiple murals depicted the machinery and industrial activities happening in the laundry. Additional murals were added at the site in 1989.

Murals painted by the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network (PAGN), a City agency and the precursor to the Mural Arts Program, were created with the goal of transforming graffiti writers’ talents into positive community arts initiatives. Read more about Mural Arts’ history here.

Location Note: Mural no longer on view at this location (date of removal unknown, but prior to 2007).

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