Philadelphia · A free walking tour

Take the walk.

Eleven of Philadelphia's most famous murals, told aloud by the artists and neighbors who made them. Open the map, press play, keep walking. No app, no signup, no cost.

Begin the walk Open the map

Here for the matches this summer? The trail fits between kickoffs

Why walk

A mural says everything to the people who made it, and nothing to the person walking past.

No guide, no app, no plaque deep enough. So the history, the artist, the reason it is six stories tall, all of it stays on the wall. This walk changes that. Eleven walls, each with a voice.

Open

One link in your browser. The map finds the closest wall. No app to install.

Listen

The story plays in one tap, in English or Spanish, read aloud.

Walk

The map shows the next wall and the distance to reach it.

The walk

Four stops to start. Seven more on the trail.

Stop 01 · Center City Untitled (Najee S.) — a young woman in a black-and-white patterned coat and mustard hat, painted six stories tall on an electric-blue wall above Sansom Street

2019 · 6 stories tall

Untitled (Najee S.)

Amy Sherald · 1108 Sansom Street

Six stories of a North Philly teenager in Sherald's grayscale, against electric blue. By the artist of Michelle Obama's portrait.

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Next · Common Threads 22 min walk

Stop 02 · Spring Garden Common Threads — eight stories of classical figurines and Philadelphia teenagers painted across a brick building at Broad and Spring Garden

1998 · 8 stories tall

Common Threads

Meg Saligman · Broad & Spring Garden

Eight stories tall. Classical figurines meet Philadelphia high-schoolers; the girl at its heart became known as the Mona Lisa on Broad Street.

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Next · We The Youth 45 min walk

Stop 03 · Point Breeze We The Youth — Keith Haring's bold red, yellow, and blue dancing figures covering the side of a Point Breeze rowhome

1987 · 2 stories tall

We The Youth

Keith Haring · 22nd & Ellsworth

Haring's only collaborative public mural still intact on its original wall, restored and radiant.

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Next · Philadelphia Muses 30 min walk

Stop 04 · Gayborhood Philadelphia Muses — nine muses reimagined as contemporary Philadelphia artists, gathered around a machine spinning out spheres, five stories tall at 13th and Locust

1999 · 5 stories tall

Philadelphia Muses

Meg Saligman · 13th & Locust

Nine muses modeled on real Philadelphians — a contemporary ode to where inspiration actually comes from.

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Then · seven more on the trail keep walking

Seven more on the trail

The walk keeps going. Each opens the same way: tap, and listen.

05Water Gives Life
Eurhi Jones & David McShaneCenter City 06Pride and Progress
Ann NorthrupWashington Square West 07The Atlas of Tomorrow
Candy ChangSouth Street 08Building the City
Michael WebbMidtown Village 09Finding Home
Kathryn Pannepacker & Josh SarantitisMarket East 10Equilibrium
Eric OkdehBella Vista 11The Roots Mural
Roberto LugoSouth Street

This summer · Match days & off days

Here for the matches? So are the walls.

Philadelphia is hosting the world this summer. Between kickoffs, the trail is the city's best free hour — no ticket, no app, and every stop plays in English y en español.

From the festival at Lemon Hill

The walk into Center City passes Common Threads at Broad & Spring Garden — eight stories tall and impossible to miss. Press play as you pass it.

From the Broad Street Line

The B runs straight up Broad. Hop off at Walnut–Locust and you're two blocks from Philadelphia Muses and the six-story Sherald on Sansom Street.

Open the map

Free either way. The closest mural is one button away.

The technology, quietly

All of this runs in a browser the moment you open the map. No app between you and the art.

Tap to audio in seconds English & Español WCAG 2.1 AA, screen-reader ready No account, no trackers

Your turn

Start where you're standing.

Open the map and the closest mural is one button away. Or point your phone's camera at the code below to take the trail with you.

Take the trail with you

Drops you onto the trail near you. Free, no app, no signup.

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For cities & cultural institutions

Every city has walls worth hearing.

Philadelphia is the first walk. Bring Gestalt Lite to your galleries, your public art, or your whole city. Send the artwork list. We narrate it, generate the codes, and hand you the evidence.

We generate the codes

Send your artwork list. Your collection is narrated and coded by the weekend.

Measurable engagement

Plays, time-to-audio, and who walked to a second work. Evidence, not intentions.

Accessibility, met

WCAG 2.1 AA and curator audio meet your public-art commitments the day you launch.

Your own data layer

Narrate once. The same accessible layer powers the web today and richer experiences next.