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New art installation in jeopardy after mural of queer activist Gloria Casarez in Philly’s Gayborhood whitewashed without warning

"You can't erase our history," artist Michelle Angela Ortiz projected onto the whitewashed site of her former mural.

The wall of the former 12th Street Gym, which held a mural of Latina LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez, is pictured in Center City Philadelphia on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The mural was painted over without notice as part of a developer's plan to raze the building.
The wall of the former 12th Street Gym, which held a mural of Latina LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez, is pictured in Center City Philadelphia on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The mural was painted over without notice as part of a developer's plan to raze the building.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer