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This is one of my favorite murals in Fishtown. There are so many great ones, we’re putting the link to many more along with their stories in our stories today! Tell us what your favorite is!
“Persistence is an imagined portrait by artist Jason Andrew Turner that was created in collaboration with women at the Lutheran Settlement House (LSH) in 2019,” project curator Ryan Strand Greenberg explained over email. “The portrait does not portray an existing person in the present, but rather one deeply inspired by the oral history of long-time community members and the history of LSH. In 1902, LSH was started by women in service to women and families through social, advocacy, and educational services.”
Art by Jason Andrew Turner
Info and quote by “Guide to Philly”
https://guidetophilly.com/fishtown-murals/
Jun 9
We are cancelling the House Crawl this week and asking folks to join us at this Rally instead! We have big feelings about a massive stadium being put into the center of the city, and right next to Chinatown. If you want to hear more about why we feel this strongly about this, head over to our stories and find a link to the YouTube video about this topic!
Jun 8
Did you ever wonder what Lauras life looked like before she became an agent? I did! So we’re starting a new series where we chat a bit about Laura’s career history, and how many of those jobs made her into the perfect agent today.
Jun 7
Welcome to Fishtown! Our June neighborhood feature. The name Fishtown derives from one of the original occupations of its residents. Early settlers were fishermen, and over time they controlled the fishing rights to both sides of the Delaware River, from Cape May to the falls at Trenton. The apocryphal local legend traces the name of Fishtown to Charles Dickens, who purportedly visited the neighborhood in March 1842, but records show this to be false, as it was named Fishtown prior to his visit, at least as early as 1808, as evidenced in a newspaper article in The Tickler, an early 19th century Philadelphia newspaper.
The area was originally inhabited by members of the Turtle Clan of the Lenape Indian tribe (whom the Europeans named the Delaware Indian Tribe). Captain Anthony Palmer founded the land that is Kensington and Fishtown in 1728, defining the boundaries by a triangle of the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street. The first European settlers were a group of six Swedish farming families, later replaced by British landed gentry, then British shipbuilders and German fishermen.
Jun 5
Happy 16th Anniversary to these two lovebirds!! I hope you are enjoying a beer and something yummy for dinner, followed by binging an entire series over the weekend! 🎊🎉❤️
Jun 2
