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Color Block

In 2011 Dutch muralists Haas&Hahn moved to North Philly, to completely paint three unbroken blocks of buildings along an odd, north-south kink in the usually diagonal Germantown Avenue.

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Posted: Thu, Aug. 2, 2012, 12:00 AM

Color Block

Turning a Philly Neighborhood into a work of art is easier said than done.

Cassie Owens

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