How Philly Moves
The mural celebrates Philadelphia and transforms the airport’s parking garage into a welcoming and memorable gateway to the region for travelers and visitors from all over the world. Across the top decks of the garage, luminous dancing figures swirl, unified in a rich field of black, giving viewers a first taste of the liveliness that awaits them in the City of Brotherly Love. From I-95, at 55 miles per hour, the energy of their movements is unmistakable.
How Philly Moves builds on Philadelphia’s longstanding commitment to the production of public art and provides a dynamic and iconic new ‘postcard’ image for the city. Leading the team of muralists was Jon Laidacker, who was joined by Tjai Abdullah, Efrain Hererra, Charles Newman, Anthony Peel, Virgilio Perez, Laura Velez, and Tom Walton.
Other aspects of How Philly Moves include a documentary produced by The Big Picture Alliance and a permanent exhibition inside the airport’s public space that provides context for the project as a whole.