The Philadelphia Inquirer on #iAlphabet at Cherry Street Pier

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly’s ‘Immigrant Alphabet’ finds a new home at Cherry Street Pier

November 15, 2018 | Oona Goodin-Smith

A young woman is pictured standing stoically, suitcase in one hand, yellow folder in the other, on the cream-colored banner dancing in the breezy shadow of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. “I” is for “immigrant,” it proclaims.

Nearby, a pair of hands flatten a piece of paper and photo identification. “G” is for “Green Card.”

And “A” is for “America,” “B” for “Border,” and “C” is for “Culture.”

Created by Hudson Valley artist Wendy Ewald and 18 Northeast High School students in spring 2017, the 26-banner “Immigrant Alphabet” is in its second year on display in Philadelphia, this time in a new home at the Cherry Street Pier on the Delaware riverfront.

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