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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Push for Movement, Curbside Threshold — South Philadelphia

Street furniture, metal pole, yellow pushbutton, concrete base

Streets Department, est. 2026

110 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 in the foreground, the bright yellow pedestrian pushbutton on a dark street pole anchors the curbside vignette. Since acquisition in January 2026, the work has remained at this corner, its color punctuating the grayscale architecture along Broad Street. The pairing of hardware and architecture studies how a single human-scale gesture organizes the rhythm of pedestrian movement along the storefronts.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19357152
Location
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Address
1101 S BROAD ST
Region
Passyunk Square
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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