Art Commission approves design for June 5th Memorial

The Philadelphia Art Commission unanimously approved Wednesday the design for the June 5th Memorial at 22nd and Market just two days before the two-year anniversary of the fatal building collapse.

The memorial, designed by Wayne-based artist Barbara Fox, will feature three tall granite stones with one-cubic foot windows representing each of the victims.

Anne Bryan, Mary Rosaline Conteh, Borbor Davis, Kimberly Finnegan, Juanita Harmon, and Mary Simpson were killed on June 5, 2013 when a four-story brick wall of a building undergoing demolition collapsed onto an adjacent Salvation Army store. Fourteen people also were injured in the collapse.

Fox previously said that she was inspired by Bryan's last art piece, which had been based on the Winged Victory of Samothrace, a marble statue from the second century depicting the Greek goddess Nike Victory. Bryan was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

The memorial park project is estimated to cost $1.3 million. Only about half has been raised so far.

A two-year anniversary remembrance ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the site of the future memorial.

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