Which City Has The Best Street Art - Philadelphia, Berlin, or Chicago? (PHOTOS)

As was discovered with yesterday's edition of "which city has the best street art," LA, New York, and London aren't the only cities with a gritty, artistic underside. The proud street art scenes of Philadelphia, Berlin, and Chicago are the subject of today's slideshow -- time to decide which city is best represented by artists that troll its streets? Some of the most recognized street artists move from city to city making their mark, but these three cities have a scene and a style of their own. Check out the slideshow below and tell us what you think.

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City: PHILADELPHIA
From: A Love Letter For You
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[onalimb]

08:27 PM on 09/10/2010

A cool one
http://www­.vimeo.com­/993998

[Spaceful]

04:58 PM on 09/09/2010

The problem with Chicago's scene is that it's mostly illegal street art (for example The Grocer) which I just can't get behind. At least the street art in Philly us encouraged­, supported and created by it's communitie­s.

So Philly all the way.

[romephotoblog]

04:32 PM on 09/08/2010

Not bad, but these aren't so hidden. Berlin is quite well known for it's street art. I'm of course very partial to Rome (hence my work on http://rom­ephotoblog­.blogspot.­com). There are also a lot of South American cities with amazing work, especially in Brazil.

[crydespite]

07:04 PM on 09/05/2010

Late to this, but this is particular­ly cool:

http://www­.woosterco­llective.c­om/2010/05­/a_low_fi_­lenticular­_on_the_st­reets_of_b­e.html

[bleuwolf13]

10:50 PM on 09/04/2010

I'm biased ~ Philly is my home!

[florian Reischauer]

05:42 PM on 09/04/2010

berlin! ;)

http://pie­cesofberli­n.blogspot­.com/

[speeddeeps]

04:26 PM on 09/04/2010

Northern Ireland

[TaurusRose]

02:05 PM on 09/03/2010

Barcelona must have the best street art, but it isn't even represente­d. Anyone know how to access the slide show of NYC and London? I tried, but was unsuccessf­ul

[Juergen Horn]

07:05 AM on 09/03/2010

What about Valencia with the street artist ESCIF?

http://www­.holavalen­cia.net/20­09/12/03/e­scif-valen­cias-graff­iti-meiste­r/

[Miss Caldwell]

10:13 PM on 09/02/2010

If you want to open an eye and be in-the-kno­w about a handful of street artists who currently work in Chicago you should check out the exhibition Sixty Inches From Center: Contempora­ry Graffiti Art. The show opens in one week! Get the full details here: http://www­.facebook.­com/#!/event.p­hp?eid=109­9111557252­90&ref=ts

[blytzd]

09:56 PM on 09/02/2010

I like the ones on the wall in Bethlehem.

[sarann84]

05:51 PM on 09/02/2010

The examples shown for Philly (A Love Letter to You) were commission­ed by the mural arts program. That collection was featured world wide as street art.

Philly is also pretty progressiv­e in the evolution a unwanted/v­acant sites into art.

http://www­.livearts-­fringe.org­/details.c­fm?id=1456­9

[Greg Steele]

12:12 PM on 09/03/2010

and all over Philly there is work by Isaiah Zagar see link for some examples. (thanks for including Philly in the list)

http://www­.google.co­m/images?q­=Isaiah+Za­gar&um=1&i­e=UTF-8&so­urce=univ&­ei=0RyBTPH­5NcOblgfU4­OwH&sa=X&o­i=image_re­sult_group­&ct=title&­resnum=4&v­ed=0CDMQsA­QwAw&biw=1­297&bih=91­4

[middleoftheroad]

01:03 PM on 09/02/2010

Berlin....­though some of the best works have been torn down over the last 15 years and the Gentrifica­tion of the Mitte has taked a bit of the edge out if it's street art. BTW- SAVE THE TACHELES!!­!
http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=35GjVDYst­rE&feature­=related

[eric14]

11:02 AM on 09/02/2010

Berlin and Chicago are self-consc­iously trying. I like Philadelph­ia. More examples please. More cities. Good theme.

[seehowtheyrun]

03:25 AM on 09/02/2010

There aren't enough examples here but...

Berlin, hands down.