A Love Letter For You - Mural Arts Philadelphia Mural Arts Philadelphia

location Market Street, 45th - 63rd Sts.
Neighborhood
West Philadelphia
completion date
February 14, 2010

Love Letter Mural Slideshow

Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Installation for Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Steve Weinik.
A Love Letter for You, by Steve Powers. Completed 2010. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Steve Weinik.
Photo by Zoe Strauss.
Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Love Letter © 2009 Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
A Love Letter For You © 2009 Stephen Powers, Market Street between 45th and 63rd Streets. Photo by Sarah Lester.
Love Letter by Steve Powers. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.

About Love Letter

One of the most popular projects in our history is Steve Powers’ A Love Letter For You. Composed of a series of 50 rooftop murals from 45^th to 63^rd Streets along the Market Street corridor, the murals collectively express a love letter from a guy to a girl, from an artist to his hometown, and from local residents to their neighborhood of West Philadelphia. The murals are best viewed from the Market/Frankford El.

Powers, a West Philadelphia native now based in New York, is a former graffiti writer who became an established studio artist, illustrator, and Fulbright scholar. In Powers’ own words, Love Letter is “a letter for one, with meaning for all” and speaks to all residents who have loved and for those who long for a way to express that love to the world around them. He considers the project “my chance to put something on these rooftops that people would care about.”

Primary

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative

Additional Support

Brownstein Group
SEPTA
Dock Street Brewery
The Stratum