Demolition of the Historic Painted Bride Building Kicks Off

Demolition of the historic Painted Bride building kicks off

The contentious demolition of the Painted Bride Art Center Building — one of artist Isaiah Zagar’s most famous mosaic city murals — is finally underway. Demolition equipment is currently clearing out the building’s interior. For years, the fate of the building at 230 Vine Street was in question. In 2018, the Painted Bride arts group announced that it could no longer maintain the building, setting off a six-year-long legal battle to determine its…

The Painted Bride building demolition has started. How we got here.

After a nearly six-year legal battle between artists, preservationists, and neighbors, the Old City building and its celebrated mosaic were demolished.