About a year ago, many of you voted for your favorite semiquincentennial t-shirt designs in our competition. Thank you to all who submitted and to all of you who voted! First place, with about 50% of the votes went to Daiv Barrios with his ‘Skyline’ t-shirt that highlights Philadelphia for the 250th. Daiv is not an APT member but was recommended to participate in our competition by one of our members.
The next two designs were tied for second place; one by Vance Lehmkuhl of APT corporate member American Vegan Center – ‘Take a Tour’ that is not directly tied to the semiquincentennial so more evergreen – and one by APT member Carla Stine, ‘Stars and Stripes’, which celebrates the 250th but is not directly tied to Philadelphia. (And a special shout out to APT member Rich DiLullo who came up with the text on that shirt!)
Congratulations to our winners and thank you so much for all the time, talent, and effort you put into these designs!
T-shirts, mugs, magnets, and stickers with these designs are available now on the website of APT corporate member Philly Town 76. Another big thank you to Rich Armandi for all his work getting these options up on the website! APT members can use the code 700 at checkout to get a 20% discount on anything from the website. Five percent of the cost of those purchases will go back to APT.
If you would like to promote these items to your guests on tour, contact Rich boogieben76@gmail.com to receive a code for his profit-sharing program. He gives you cards to hand out to guests on tour with the website, QR code, and discount code. Guests receive a 5% discount on their purchases; tour guide receives 15% back; and APT receives 5% back. It’s a win-win and we help Philly shine.
Be sure to wear your new merch when you are out and about to promote Philly as THE place to be in 2026!!