Street Art Various Locations Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg has been cultivating some great public art in the past few years. This is Part One of a series of posts that will share the very best of it! Many of the newer examples are from the 2017 Sprocket Mural Works Project (18 Murals in 10 Days!) in 2017. Plans are in the works for another Harrisburg Mural Project in 2019. I can’t wait to see the new additions next year! First up, is the mural on the side of Underground Bicycle at 1519 North Third Street. This was painted by the duo of Key Detail & Yu-Baba and was part of the the Sprocket Works Project. One of...
“Getting The J...
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Getting the Job Done Exhibition through April 23, 2018 AACA Museum 161 Museum Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania The Getting the Job Done – Vehicles That Earned Their Keep exhibit focuses on some creative, practical, and fabulous vehicles designed for business pursuits. Below are some...
Sayford Market Mural
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Sayford Market Mural 1307 North 3rd Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg has a great many new murals, thanks in part to the Sprocket Mural Works’ Harrisburg Mural Festival last September. There are also some great new murals popping-up by artists who weren’t part of the project. I intended to post one big “round-up” post of them; but time and weather keep conspiring against me. So, I’ll just begin with this fabulous mural on the southern wall of the Sayford Market in Midtown. This was created by talented stencil artist Ralphie Seguinot (a.k.a. SR81). I even hesitated posting my image because of the...
Ghostbusters Tribute...
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Ecto-1B Ghostbusters Tribute Vehicle at USS Susquehannock Sci-Fi Day 2nd & Charles Bookstore Harrisburg, Pennsylvania I’ve been engaging in a purge of all of the dvds that have somehow accumulated in the house. I rarely ever bought a new copy; but we used to buy them on the...
The Pretty Things Pe...
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Pretty Things Peepshow March 15, 2013 Performance Stage on Herr Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Burlesque? Sword Swallowing? Razor Blade Magic? A Bed of Nails? Whip Tricks? Flaming Pasties? A swinging house band? I’m in!!!! I clutched some of my Christmas money in my hot little hands...
Herbie the Love Bug
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Herbie the Love Bug! AACA Museum Hershey, Pennsylvania (until April 24, 2011) In an effort to console myself over missing the International Motorcycle Show at NYC’s Javits Center this weekend, I took a little trip to re-visit the AACA Museum in Hershey. It was “Community...
1974 Bricklin SV-1
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1974 Bricklin AACA Museum Hershey, Pennsylvania Unfortunately, my quest to visit Betty White’s Cadillac at the AACA Museum in Hershey fell flat (it was in storage rather than in the museum) … but I did score a few vehicles that weren’t present during my last trip....
The Midtown Scholar
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The Midtown Scholar 1302 North Third Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg’s Midtown neighborhood has been reshaping itself in fits and starts over the last decade or more. The North Third Street section includes the Midtown Cinema, the Broad Street Market, and several other...
My Favorite Idiot-Pr...
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Broad Street Market Sign Third and Verbeke Streets Harrisburg, Pennsylvania I stopped at both the Broad Street Market and the Midtown Scholar Bookstore today (and posts about each will follow soon); but this post features the Broad Street Market’s sign (taken from the balcony of...
PA State Capitol �...
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PA State Capitol Complex & Walnut Street Bridge Harrisburg/Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania Several months ago, I stumbled upon PostMuse’s “Orphaned Postcard Project” and was immediately enamored with the idea. > Orphaned Postcard Project So what is the...
GM Futurliner!
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* on loan – not permanently displayed at the AACA General Motors Futurliner AACA Museum Hershey, Pennsylvania If you are a regular visitor to RoadsideWonders, you will have noticed a lot of recent posts from the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The initial inspiration for my...
Hershey Antique Auto...
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Hershey Autos Part #5 AACA Museum Hershey, Pennsylvania Here are a few of my favorites from my visit to the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. I apologize in advance for the quality and angle of some of the photos. I’m not a talented photographer to...
Yummmm! Hershey̵...
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The Hershey Kissmobile AACA Museum (various locations when on tour) Hershey, Pennsylvania The Kissmobile hasn’t been touring lately — and the only time that I have actually spotted it in the wild was when I passed it going the other direction on RT 322 quite awhile ago. When I...
1000 Pumpkins
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1,000 Pumpkins 2006 Pennsylvania Pumpkin Fest Harrisburg, Pennsylvania That’s right . . . 1,000 pumpkins displayed at the in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This structure was built for the 3-day 2006 Pennsylvania PumpkinFest. There were some pretty rad...
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