Common Threads

Rising eight stories high, Common Threads features antique figurines based on figurines owned by the artist’s grandmother, with students from two area high schools – Benjamin Franklin High School and the School for Creative Performing arts (CAPA) – mirroring their poses. The mural reflects the common threads that link us across cultures and across time. On a typical weekday, 5,800 people pass through the SEPTA stop at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, making this one of Mural Arts; most visible and iconic murals.

The mural was originally painted in 1998 and restored in 2011.