Ridge on the Rise, by Eric Okdeh, 2125 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, Pa., 2004


In the mural, the art deco façade of the long gone theatre contrasts with the forbidding ten foot stone wall that still encloses the grounds of Girard College, location of the landmark civil rights struggle
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Ridge on the Rise, by Eric Okdeh, 2125 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, Pa., 2004 "This story - telling mural - includes Cecil Moore, people at the wall of Girard college, Pearl theatre where jazz greats like John Coltrane performed. In the mural, the art deco façade of the long gone theatre contrasts with the forbidding ten foot stone wall that still encloses the grounds of Girard College, location of the landmark civil rights struggle."