Industrious Light: Ortlieb’s Brewery

Industrious Light is a series of murals that honor Philadelphia’s proud industrial history and prompt discourse around this history’s present-day impact.

The first mural in this series, Industrious Light: Ortlieb’s Brewery was installed in the fall of 2014, roughly a year after the demolition of the defunct brewery. The mural was created in charcoal, a throwback to “black and white” perceptions of the past and a reference to the primary materials of the industrial era. The mural presented the tools of the brewing trade on a massive scale. The mural was obscured by new construction in early 2017.

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Location Note: Mural no longer on view at this location (obscured by construction in 2017).