CENTER CITY (WPVI) -- Artist Nicolo Gentile dug into history for his temporary installation, titled, "Bar None." It's on view now through October 26, 2025 in Maja Park.

Gentile was commissioned to create the work after winning the Art on the Parkway competition.

"It's an open call for artists to submit their ideas about work for this site in Maja Park," says Charlotte Cohen, Executive Director of the Association for Public Art (aPA).

It's the second year the Association for Public Art organized the competition in partnership with the Parkway Council and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation.

Gentile used archival photographs to look at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway's pivotal moments, like the George Floyd protests in 2020. He says there were also images of "civic actions of pride marche

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