ABOVE: working as ADMK, textile designer Andrew Dahlgren asked visitors to South Philadelphia’s Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel - affectionately known as “the little shul” - to help him create knitted sweater to cover the entire facade of the 100year-old storefront synagogue. RIGHT: congregational memories from Shivtei Yeshuron, which began accommodating Philadelphia’s growing Jewish population in the early 1900s and is still active today. OPPOSITE PAGE: at Old City’s John Grass Wood Turning Company featured a popup mobile lathe operated by turners from the Center for Art in Wood. Artisan John McTeague also created a custom viewing area for visitors to peek into the workshop, which opened in 1863.
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