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Mario Lanza Mural, Broad and Reed streets, Philadelphia, PA., circa 2000.
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"Suggesting a page in a fan's scrapbook, the Mario Lanza Mural at Broad and Reed Streets fuses a variety of images and artifacts to capture this south Philadelphia Natives versatile career as a singer, movie idol, and classical performer."

Credit: (c) 1997 Diane Keller / City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, photo by Jack Ramsdale.

Commissioned by the Lanza Institute in 1997, the Mario Lanza Mural spreads across two adjacent buildings at the corner of Broad and Reed streets in South Philadelphia. The mural depicts important moments in Lanza's life as a classical singer, recording star, and movie idol.

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