{"id":504571,"date":"2026-01-09T21:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504571\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:01:13","slug":"philadelphia-launches-anti-graffiti-highway-beautification-project-ahead-of-2026-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504571\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia launches anti-graffiti, highway beautification project ahead of 2026 celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia has launched an anti-graffiti and highway beautification project designed to give the more than one million visitors expected in 2026 a bold and vibrant welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the &#8220;Gateways to Philadelphia&#8221; project, which will focus on removing graffiti, cleaning litter, repainting walls and bridges and adding new landscaping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project will focus on seven key entry points, including areas near the airport, 30th Street Station, and major interchanges on I-76, I-676, and I-95.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The targeted locations are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>26th Street Gateway at Penrose Avenue<\/li>\n<li>South Street Bridge, walls, medians and on\/off-ramps<\/li>\n<li>30th Street Station walls, medians and ramps<\/li>\n<li>I-76 and I-676 interchange at 15th and 16th Streets and Vine Street<\/li>\n<li>I-76 and I-676 interchange at 6th and 8th Streets and Callowhill\/Vine Streets<\/li>\n<li>I-76 and I-95 interchange at 2nd and 3rd Streets and Callowhill\/Vine Streets<\/li>\n<li>CSX\/Amtrak wall at Spring Garden Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The project will also include a large new mural along I-76 at Spring Garden Street.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The areas were chosen to ensure that visitors arriving by plane, train or car all experience the same high-quality welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The work is expected to run through May 2026. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During 2026, the city is expected to welcome tourists and visitors from across the country and world to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philadelphia-2026-events-america-250th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrate America&#8217;s 250th birthday<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/world-cup-fifa-philadelphia-games-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philadelphias-phillies-2026-all-star-declaration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball All-Star Game<\/a>, and other events.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia has launched an anti-graffiti and highway beautification project designed to give the more than one million visitors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":504572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-504571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}