The Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia unveiled 10 recycling trucks decorated with bright, bold graphics inspired by the historic textiles collection of The Design Center at Philadelphia University. This project coincided with the introduction of Philadelphia's new single-stream recycling program, in which all recyclable materials can all go into the same receptacle. The trucks were unveiled by Philadelphia Mayor Nutter on a very appropriate day — Earth Day!
The Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia recruited students from the Asian Arts Initiative, Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Waring Elementary School and Wissahickon Charter School to participate in the project.
The students were exposed to the historic textiles collection of The Design Center at Philadelphia University 19th and 20th Century textiles, textile artifacts and tools that help depict that Philadelphia was once a leader in the textile industry.
(Images: Nancy Packer, Collection Curator for the Mural Art Program)
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LOVE IT!!!
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more philly stuff please!
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Gotta love Philly!
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yeah! philly needs it's own AT blogger!
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those trucks fit well with our public package waste containers: http://www.pakendiringlus.ee/web2/?cat_ID=15
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I agree, I'm also from Philly.
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I am all for this!
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It's about time someone decided to decorate the garbage trucks. Just because they collect garbage, doesn't mean that they need to look nasty.
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Fantastic!
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... I think I saw one of these the other day!
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Hey All - The author of this post, Kristen, IS our Philadelphia-based Apartment Therapy blogger. She posts twice a week: Mondays and Wednesdays.
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This is great! And so much more attractive than those wrap-around advertisements you see on so many public buses.
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way to go, Philly!!!
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Yay Kristen! Let's get her posting on Philly 5 times a week!
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I'm not from Philly. But super cute!
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Also in favor of a Philly blog, especially a Philly scavenger and local resources.
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What a riot! I wish all towns would do something like this!!
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ditto on the philly scavenger!
LOVE the peacock design.
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Philly rocks out.
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Yes, please to Philly scavenger.
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