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From the Permanent Collection

Curbside Vigil, 610 Wolf Street — Lower Moyamensing

Automotive, refrigerated box truck, curbside installation

Police Department, est. 2025

126 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 curb, the Thermo King refrigeration unit perched above the cab anchors the composition amid a tangle of overhead wires. Since December 2025, the work has occupied the Wolf Street curb in Lower Moyamensing for 126 days on view. A pile of trash bags at the curb foreground conjoins the vehicle with ongoing street-level debris and municipal life. The logo on the cargo box introduces a commercial signifier that contrasts with the vehicle's stationary presence in the streetscape.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19202972
Location
///sketch.orange.yard
Address
610 WOLF ST
Region
Lower Moyamensing
Acquired
December 2025
Status
On permanent display

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