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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

The Silent Storefront, H Street Facade — North Philadelphia

Brick, storefront canopy, plywood barrier, taped window

License & Inspections, est. 2026

100 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 at the storefront threshold, a taped cardboard panel across the central window anchors the composition, its seams catching the streetlight. Since January 2026, the work has occupied this H Street storefront, standing as a quiet document of ongoing maintenance on the block. The museum regards it as a longitudinal presence within the North Philadelphia collection, a record of the built environment's slow pace of repair and neglect.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19473406
Location
///stuck.guides.staple
Address
3346 H ST
Region
Harrowgate
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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