915 Arts at 915 Spring Garden

Many artists have moved out of the 915 Building but many are staying and working from other locations in hopes to return to our beloved studios. Let's hope that happens and quickly! The fate of this year's Philadelphia Open Studios Tour at the 915 building is very uncertain.

Violations empty out studios, and artists mourn Moving trucks were triple-parked outside 915 Spring Garden St. in the rain Thursday morning as artists - some of whom had kept studios in the old Reading Railroad building for 30 years - wrapped sculptures, boxed paintings, and wrangled with file cabinets.

Artists evacuated after minor fire closes iconic studios on Spring Garden Street A small, smokey fire quickly put out by firefighters using an extinguisher on Wednesday afternoon has led to the immediate closure of 915 Spring Garden St., a large old Reading Railroad building that has offered about 100 artist studios for more than three decades.

After a small fire earlier this week 915 Arts had been shut down by L & I. Reach out to your artists friends and see if you can lend them a helping hand this week if they need to move some or all of their studio belongings out. Not sure if this is temporary or a long term thing. Updates to follow.

Very nice article on W/N W/N , our new neighbors coffee/bar neighbors.

W/N W/N, a coffee and cocktail collective Local sourcing and cooperative ownership.