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Original Home of Philly Poster Division Shop to be Demolished February 2015

2/26/2015

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A building with ties to the Philadelphia WPA poster division at 311 South Broad Street in Philadelphia is set to be demolished in late February 2015. From spotty records, we've been able to identify that this was the building that likely housed the Federal Art Project's Poster Division in Philadelphia in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Legend has it that the first floor was home to a night club and the second floor was the studio and production area for the artists and printers. Led by Director Katherine Milhous, - a prolific poster artist in her own right - this division in our hometown of Philly created some of the most beautiful and powerful posters in the archive.

Here is a site-specific, street art homage to the poster artists who worked in the building in remembrance of their contribution to beautiful public art.
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