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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Traffic Flow, South Third Street — South Philadelphia

Urban street, parked vehicles, traffic signal, street signage

Streets Department, est. 2026

114 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 green To 3rd Street sign anchors the composition while a white van sits in the lower center and a queue of parked cars recedes along the block. Since January 2026 the work has occupied this curbside vantage, recording the tempo of everyday mobility at a single intersection. Among the collection of works that treat street life as form, this piece preserves the ordinary choreography of signage, signal, and vehicle line at a South Philadelphia cross street.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19327256
Location
///serves.deaf.looks
Address
1400 S 3RD ST
Region
Pennsport
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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