Comments on: Mural Arts Program’s ‘Love Train’ Tours

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:33:09 +0000

That’s sure to be a head turning event for people in the area. Otherwise, I haven’t noticed any Saturday tours and I rarely go anywhere on a Sunday. But it’s good that Michael Nutter gets involved. I actually bumped into him at a block party last summer (Cedar Park).

Also, here’s a correction the green/orange mural is between 54th and 55th.

By: Sheryl Kantrowitz

Sheryl Kantrowitz — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:52:39 +0000

In reply to Anthony. I just bought tickets for the special tour this Sunday that is 3 and a half hours long. The tour takes you through all 50 murals and their stories, a documentary screening of the project at the SEPTA headquarters and a reception after Mayor Nutter marries a couple on one of the platforms. Should be an interesting afternoon! The regular 1.5 hour train ride tours are given all year round on Saturdays and Sundays.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:43:25 +0000

This is my neck of the woods so I’ve seen these walls and roofs for many years. I didn’t know there was a particular story behind the murals. I thought they were put up just to discourage people from tagging. Back in the day there were a couple of legendary taggers who had at least one tag on each block (sometimes every wall or roof was hit) stretching all the way from 63rd street to Bridge and Pratt (Frankford). Most of them are gone now. When I was a kid (“Kid” was his actual tag name… I forgot the other guys name) we used to call him Spiderman because they were always in places that seemed impossible to get to.

I like a few of the murals, but many of them seem to be fillers from my perspective of not knowing about the actual story. My top 3 picks are…
-57th-58th (I forget the name, but it’s black, brown, orange, and green… family themed it’s not on the site so maybe it’s unrelated.)
-46th street (Raconteur, Saboteur, Amateur…)
-50th (“See me like beautiful I see you”)