Chestnut HiLlama
Philadelphia, PA | 2006

AbZOOlutely Chestnut Hill 2006

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J. Krieger, A. Chan
Krieger and Associates, Architects, Inc.

AbZoolutely Chestnut Hill is a fund raiser that paired Philadelphia-area artists and designers with local businesses. Local business sponsors purchased a variety of fiberglass animals which were decorated by their design partners and displayed along Germantown Avenue, the main street that runs through Chestnut Hill. The animals were eventually autioned to benefit the Philadelphia Zoo and the Chestnut Hill Business Association.

The Chestnut HiLlama, sponsored by the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, is a reminder of the rich architectural history surrounding us in this unique Philadelphia neighborhood. Through the llama's coat, a 19th century map of Chestnut Hill overlain with archival photographs of people, landmark buildings and landscapes, the viewer can link the past with the present, the historic with the contemporary.