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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Dust at the Curb, Porter Street — Lower Moyamensing

Automotive, sedan, dusty surface, weathered finish

Police Department, est. 2026

116 days on view


Photographic documentation of the work as submitted to the city's 311 record.
As submitted to the city’s 311 record.

Curatorial note

Seen from the Porter Street curb, this piece anchors the Lower Moyamensing streetscape as a slow record of street life. The right-side trunk bears a faded sticker reading Made in America Or Not Made Here?, a fragment of consumer discourse that persists on a weathered vehicle. Acquired January 2026 and on view for 116 days, the work endures as a durable trace of neighborhood material life, resisting narrative of change.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19322844
Location
///audio.modes.edgy
Address
1132 PORTER ST
Region
Lower Moyamensing
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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