Check out Episode 1 of ‘Philly Painting’, which chronicles a massive neighborhood beautification project in North Philadelphia. Famed ‘Favela Painting’ artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (known as Haas & Hahn) have teamed up with some Philly residents to bring life back to the streets of Germantown and Lehigh Avenues.
Directed by Jon Kaufman, the video talks to some current residents about why this project is needed. For more info check out PHILLYPAINTING.ORG and hit them up on FACEBOOK.
this looks cool. they need to come to Detroit next our streets are looking like ghost towns too.
they also need to come down south! it’s looking hectic on these streets. we need creative arts too.
I like how Philly always keeps the arts alive in the streets.
That dude with the red philly beard though? who is that? he is fine!! I love Philly beards.
I love this.
Much needed; this beautification project has been going on for years in Philly…and it truly is beautiful. I’ve only visited once for a week back in ’09, but the murals and paintings found in the poorest and most desolate of neighborhoods made a profound impression. I wish we could do more of this in Los Angeles.
This is awesome!! I hope this helps uplift the spirits of the people as well.
For years we have been trying to bring some beauty back to one of the oldest cities in the nation. I’m proud of my city and I hope bringing back the beauty rejuvenates the people.
i just cant with this guy’s accent…please hire someone with diction to report!
This sounds like a great project!
yo big ups to MY TOWN.. PHILLY.. and yess the beards is in the building!
Philly, like many other areas has been under assault.. drugs, violence, guns, murders.. oh the shit was real crazy in the 80′s 90′s and the top of the 2000′s .. its good to see the next generation going about the business of improving their communities.. Germantown and Lehigh! yo.. thats my HOOD!
Philly STAND UP!
ayo .. Jordan. you dont like a Philly accent? fuck you. yameen?
Lol @ these comments above. This was a good idea. I’m from Philly and this is a great idea to renew and bring life back to our neighborhoods.
Yess. This project is much needed! #NorthPhilly!
Uhh, all yall silly blk ppl [saying in slave dialect] “Wish these smart, talented white folks coma save my block, cause yall kno we niggas dont know noo good artists dat can do this where we’s live”. #STOP BE SLAVES AND READ BOOKS, WATCH DA NEWS, LOOK AROUND…THINK CRITICALLY(THINK THEY TAUGHT THIS SHYT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL???)!..WHO WHEN WHAT WHERE…WHHHHY??? WHITE PPL ONLY FIX UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MOVE US OUT AND TAKE OVER. DUUH THEY’RE PREPPING IT FOR THEM! FUCK MAKE U THINK THEY WANNA JUST HELP US BY TAKING MONTHS OF THEIR TIME TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE APPEALING FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE??…WAIT WAIT ROTF BC FUCK MAKE U THINK THEY PAYED A FLIGHT ALWAYS THE WAY FR WHERE EVER DA HELL DUTCH PPL COME FR TO DO THIS SHYT…YALL DA SAME BLK PPL DAT END UP ON SHIPS…THEY SAID THEY WAS OFFERING SOMETHING FOR FREE SO WE TOOK IT. CRITICAL THINKING IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW!