Former students and faculty from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia are getting a chance to reclaim items they thought were lost after the school's sudden closure in 2024 .

This weekend, Thunderbird Salvage , a thrift store in Kensington, opened a pop-up shop at their second location at 2856 Frankford Avenue. It's stocked with creative works, supplies and furniture salvaged from UArts' Anderson Hall. The building is slated to be converted into apartments.

Thunderbird Salvage owner George Mathes said he and his team have been working with a project manager to recover items floor by floor before demolition begins.

"We wanted to rescue a bunch of the artifacts before they started doing work in there," Mathes said. "It's very important to me to be able to do this, and I'm put

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