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Phila. Sculptors “Catagenesis” Brings Renewal to the Globe Dye Works and Frankford!

Step inside and you feel it! The present takes you back to the past yet reminds us we must go forward. Frankford was home to many mills and manufactoring companies and one of the most noteworthy is the Globe Dye Works. Founded in 1865 as a dye factory for the area textile mills who produced cloth and yarn, the Greenwood family operated the Globe Dye Works until 2005. The Globe Development Group acquired this building in 2007 and has been hard at work reinventing this facility as a workplace and showplace for creative professionals in the city. Be sure to explore their website to learn much more – globedyeworks.com.

The latest happening has been the opening of “Catagenesis”, sponsored by the Philadelphia Sculptors“Catagenesis” means that a concept is broken down so that it has a new beginning and progresses until it’s renewed. This idea was at the core of this project as the artists “repurposed, and ultimately transformed a former industrial structure into a place of growth and creativity” (from the Philadelphia Sculptors web site). Artists from Canada, Israel, the United States including the Globe’s resident artists will “repurpose” discarded Globe equipment and other left materials into an exhibition that will run from each weekend, Saturdays and Sundays from Noon until 5 P.M., September 9 through October 21.

We attended the opening (which featured a Wine and Cheese party) and walked throughout the ground floor and first floor through exhibitions and demonstrations marveling at the attendance and the sculptures. These sculptures are something you must experience – lights, movement, motion and “live” sculpture. Be sure to schedule time to visit “Catagenesis at the Globe Dye Works” located at 4500 Worth St. (Kinsey and Worth Sts.)  To give you a taste of what you can experience, watch the short video below.

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Seal-Tite Factory Pops Up On My Radar

I really feel like I’m just getting up to speed with what’s going on down in East Frankford.  I pulled this off of the Globe Dye Works brochure.  I did not know there was such a factory, nor did I know it had already been developed by the Globe Development Group.  Go figure.  I’ve done this blog for 2 years and I keep discovering some very cool things going on in East Frankford.  Here’s the google street view for it’s location at Tackawanna and John streets.

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I pulled the following graphic off of the brochure also, quite a little cluster of goodness going on isn’t there?  And we need a name for this triangle between Frankford, Torresdale.  I’m liking “Old Frankford”.  And where do we end it’s northern border? Church St? Kinsey St?  We just gotta cultivate this.

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