Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
WHAT: New Mural Announcement - Jefferson Gateway Mural
Mural Arts Program (MAP) will announce details of a new mural
celebrating Jefferson's nearly two centuries of combining the
latest advances in academic medicine with patient-centered
compassionate healthcare.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 10:30 AM.
WHERE: Bank of America Banking Center, 10th and Chestnut Streets.
DETAILS: On the occasion of the grand opening of the Bank of America
banking center at 10th and Chestnut Streets, the City of
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program (MAP) will announce that
Pennsylvania REIT (PREIT), Bank of America and Tasty Baking
Company, (collectively the "Sponsors") are sponsoring the
creation of a nine story mural to be known as the Jefferson
Gateway Mural.
The mural, to be one of the largest murals ever created by
the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, will be located
on the north face of the Martin Residence Hall at 11th and
Walnut Streets, the western gateway to the Jefferson
University campus. The mural will become a Philadelphia
landmark welcoming generations of students, medical staff,
patients and their families to Jefferson's campus.
The Mural Arts Program and the Sponsors will host community
participation days where local residents and workers, the
Sponsors, their employees and families will be invited to
participate in painting and other aspects of mural creation.
The community participation days will be scheduled to be held
at select PREIT Philadelphia regional malls. The Gallery at
Market East, adjacent to the Jefferson Campus, will serve as
the host facility for this project.
October is Bank of America Mural Arts Month! Join us in
celebrating Philadelphia's extraordinary outdoor gallery of
murals, the spirit and vitality of Philadelphia's
communities, the talent and diversity of local artists, and
the important role mural-making plays in Philadelphia's
artistic tradition. Bank of America Mural Arts Month is
filled with an exciting schedule of events.ABOUT THE MURAL ARTS PROGRAM (MAP):
The Mural Arts Program (MAP) is the nation’s largest mural program. Since 1984, MAP has created over 2,700 murals and works of public art, which are now part of Philadelphia’s civic landscape and a source of inspiration to the thousands of residents and visitors who encounter them, earning Philadelphia international recognition as the “City of Murals.” MAP engages over 100 communities each year in the transformation of neighborhoods through the mural-making process. MAP’s award-winning, free art education programs annually serve over 3,000 youth at sites throughout the city and at-risk teens through education outreach programs. MAP also serves adult offenders in local prisons and rehabilitation centers, using the restorative power of art to break the cycle of crime and violence in our communities. For further information on MAP, see their website: www.muralarts.org.
ABOUT BANK OF AMERICA:
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving 57 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 17,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 22 million active users. Bank of America is the No. 1 overall Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the United States and the No. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned small businesses. The company serves clients in 175 countries and has relationships with 98 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 80 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST:
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, founded in 1960 and one of the first equity REITs in the United States, has a primary investment focus on retail shopping malls and power centers. Currently, the Company's retail portfolio is approximately 34 million square feet and consists of 56 properties, including 38 shopping malls, 11 strip and power centers and seven properties under development. The Company's properties are located in 13 states in the eastern half of the United States, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol PEI. See their website: www.preit.com.
ABOUT TASTY BAKING COMPANY:
Tasty Baking Company (Nasdaq: TSTY), founded in 1914 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the country’s leading bakers of snack cakes, pies, cookies, and donuts with manufacturing facilities in Philadelphia and Oxford, Pennsylvania. Tasty Baking Company offers more than 100 products under the Tastykake brand name. For more information on Tasty Baking Company, visit www.tastykake.com. In addition, consumers can send Tastykake products throughout the United States from the Company’s website or by calling 1-800-33-TASTY.
Contacts:
Cari Feiler
Bender, 610-416-1216
cari@reliefcomm.com
or
Public
information: 215-685-0750
www.muralarts.org
