Last spring, PhillyRising Collaborative and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center in North Philadelphia approached Mural Arts Philadelphia about renovating the older murals at the Center. Following their meeting, Mural Arts gathered a team to create Staircases and Mountaintops: Ascending Beyond the Dream, a continuation and expansion of the work Mural Arts’ Restorative Justice Guild Program was already doing at the facility.

The facility is a cornerstone of this community, encompassing an entire city block, and boasting a full-size gym, classrooms for after-school and full-day programs, a large playground and sports fields. New murals and mosaics will help draw attention to the services this city resource provides.