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Butterflies and Other Insects
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City Hall, East Pavilion Alexander Milne Calder, 1873 - 1893 * beaver, crane and owl, butterfly, plants, elephant head, dragon heads, City Hall tower, city seal, ship, plow and scales, scrolls, standing people, reclining people, heads, headgear * Part of the whole building's art. East entrance City Hall. Market at Juniper. * 39.952300,-75.162800 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page |
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University Museum Medallions John Ross, 1899 * two people, one standing, one sitting, headgear, scarab, sphinx * Walls of the Lower Courtyard. Penn Museum. South side of South, East of 33rd. * 39.949160,-75.191140 [map] * On the Penn Campus tour. * See also: +Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology +information about the history of the building |
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Rittenhouse Square Fountain Paul Philippe Cret, 1913 * small head, turtles, insects, snail, otter?, fountain * Center of Rittenhouse Square. Southwest from 18th and Walnut. * 39.949290,-75.171740 [map] * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +The Paul Philippe Cret Collection at upenn.edu +wikipedia.org's Rittenhouse Square page |
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Butterfly Harold Kimmelman, 1970 * big abstract butterfly * South side of Delancey West of 2nd. * 39.943625,-75.145700 [map] * On the Society Hill tour. * See also: +hksculpt.com +Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org |
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Wissahickon Valley Gate Christopher T. Ray, 1979 * plants, owl, insect * Gate. South end of Chestnut Park. North side of Chestnut, West of 17th. * 39.951600,-75.169100 [map] * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * See also: +chrisray.com +Chestnut Park page from asla.org |
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Metamorphosis Joshua Sarantitis, 2001 * big butterflies * The mural is included on this site because of the butterflies, which were cut from metal by men from the Ridge Avenue Shelter * Wall. Southwest side of Ridge, Southeast of Broad and Fairmount. * 39.965450,-75.160025 [map] * On the Fairmount tour. * See also: +artist's page for this piece +hzgstudio.org |
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Duckrey School Mosaics Barbara Gesshel, 2005 (restored) * School named for, and quote from Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey * partial, standing, sitting people, boats, cow, birds, snakes, lizards, plants, fish, butterfly, sun, building * inscription: First: "Once upon a time" Second: "...love and brotherhood are the strongest forces on Earth" -Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey * South Entrances. Tanner Duckrey School. North side of Diamond, East of 16th. * 39.985250,-75.159200 [map] * On the Temple Southwest tour. * See also: +gesshel.com |
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Butterfly Fence 2006 * big butterflies, misquoted poetry * Echoes the butterflies from the adjoining Alex's Lemonade Stand Mural shown in the last picture. The actual inscription on the fence is a misquote of a poem attributed elsewhere to Marjorie Wright Miller, with "Grabs" instead of "Garbs" and an extraneous apostrophe in "its". * inscription: (along Lancaster Ave.) The smallest flower that breathes but a day Distills its fragrance into sweet perfume Garbs itself with grace in bright array. Exquisite, brief intensity in bloom. Whether the notes of life are short or long, From end to end what matters is the song. * Fence. Parrish and Lancaster. * 39.968040,-75.210450 [map] * Exhibits: Unidentified |
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Cohocksink: Stand in the place where you live Dennis Haugh, 2006 * big bird houses, head, bees * Mural included because of the constructed birdhouses, and the cutout face and bees. Two detail pictures of purely mural elements are also shown. * Wall. South side of Liberty Lands Park. East side of 3rd, North of Poplar. * 39.965260,-75.142100 [map] * On the Northern Liberties tour. * See also: +dennishaugh.com +Liberty Lands page at pps.org |
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Metamorphosis Cheryl Levin, Robert Phillips, 2006 * big insects, building (Girard College), elephant, food (including a mug of beer), giraffe, gorilla, partial standing person, musical instrument, plants, ship, sun and moon, tiger, tools, train and trolley, water * The insects are by Phillips, the mosaics are by Levin and Mural Corps youth. * inscription: a sculptural and mosaic public art project dedicated to the community and its cycles of change * Railroad crossing bridge. Girard between 31st and Poplar Drive. * 39.975050,-75.187225 [map] * On the Fairmount tour. * See also: +artist's picture of the insects +phillipsmetal.com |
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Patty Hogan Gates Eric Berg, 2010 * Memorial to Patty Hogan * vine, birds, squirrels, nuts, lizard, snail, praying mantis, frog, dog * inscription: You gave with your heart. We accepted with gratitude. * Gardner shed gates. West side of Rittenhouse Square. East of 19th and Locust. * 39.949250,-75.172725 [map] * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * See also: +Eric Berg Studios +wikipedia.org's Rittenhouse Square page |