My job is fun every day … but when working with a collection like 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?” my job is even more fun. As I randomly opened a few folders, I was surprised and moved by how incredibly thoughtful, fun, and provocative the proposals (just a tiny sampling of the 45,000 proposals submitted) really were. I decided that for at least during this corona virus crisis, I would start each week sharing a proposal that I selected. I will admit that I selected ones that spoke to me–obviously ones about history in this city rose to the top of my selection, but I also picked ones with charming pictures.
It is important to note that I looked carefully through only a few folders–so this sampling is really a sampling of a sampling.
I decided to start with the City of Doggy Love. I am a cat person, but I found this to be so utterly delightful that I am hoping it starts everyone’s week with a smile!
Unique at Penn 
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My favorite of the monuments proposed by artists that were temporarily on display during the run of the Monument Lab project was Kaitlin Pomerantz’s On the Threshold (Salvaged Stoops), in Philadelphia’s Washington Square: http://www.kaitlinpomerantz.com/public-art#/salvagedstoops/.