It took Isaiah Zagar nine years to make the 7,000-square-foot tile mosaic wrapping around the Painted Bride building in Philadelphia’s Old City. The work stood for a quarter century, then endured a ...

The latest plans to redevelop the Old City Painted Bride HQ include the iconic tilework, marking a departure from past plans to tear down the mosaic. Architectural rendering of the apartment building ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 230 Vine street was not only the longtime home of the Painted Bride Art center, but also a 7,000 square foot mosaic on three sides of the building. After decades at this ...

Isaiah Zagar's "Skin of the Bride" mural at the former Painted Bride Arts Center in Old City (all images Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) PHILADELPHIA — Last Monday, October ...

At a Commonwealth Court hearing Thursday, the Painted Bride Art Center sought to overturn a lower court ruling stopping a sale of its building. Judge Matthew D. Carrafiello ruled that sale of the ...

Using a scissor lift, Andrew Jeffries and Stacey Holder begin the work of chiseling tiles from the Painted Bride Art Center, saving as much as they can before the building is demolished in November.