This week’s Monument Lab proposal (from the Monument Lab records which documents a project that asked a city-wide question, “what is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?”) :
In these fairly scary times, I have been avoiding some of the more serious proposals (and there were plenty of amazingly insightful and thoughtful proposals that highlight Philadelphia’s problems, both past and present). However, while this brings up a horrific story from Philly’s past, I love that there is hope here … the gold fire hydrant will quench the fires of racism and prejudice! Yes, please–let’s put them everywhere!
Unique at Penn 