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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Curbside Vigil, Beechwood Street — North Philadelphia

Automotive, blue, stationary, curbside installation

Police Department, est. 2026

105 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 dashboard, the leafless tree anchors the curbside composition as the blue SUV asserts the street’s scale. Since January 2026 the work has occupied this Beechwood Street block, registering the ordinary coexistence of private life and public infrastructure. The image foregrounds small domestic details—the bins, the fence, the parked vehicles—that collectively map duration and stillness in the Philadelphia streetscape.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19466061
Location
///steep.gossip.calm
Address
6532 N BEECHWOOD ST
Region
Ogontz
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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