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Lighting Fixtures, Lanterns, Lamps
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Shofuso Japanese Lanterns * lanterns * visible through the fence along Belmont Drive * Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Belmont Drive between Horticulture and Lansdowne. * 39.981200,-75.212800 [map] * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: New * See also: +shofuso.com |
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Japanese Lantern 1705 * abstract lantern * Formerly in the East courtyard of the University Museum * Exhibits: Missing |
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Tabernacle United Church 1884 - 1886 * Symbols of and references to Jesus, Saint John, Saint Luke and Saint Mark * lizard, plants, partial cherubs and angels, winged lion, winged ox, eagle, sun, candle, fire * inscription: North Entrance: I am the door. tower: My Goodness and My fortress. My High Tower and My Deliver. He in whom I trust. East Entrance: We have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him. shields: He is risen. Lampades multae, una lux. Christus Exaltus Salvator. Lux lucet in tenebris Nec tamen consumebatur. * North and East sides. Tabernacle United Church. Southwest corner, 37th and Chestnut. * 39.954500,-75.196800 [map] * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building +Gargoyle Hunter's page for the building +Tabernacle United Church |
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Beneficial Savings Fund Society Building Horace Trumbauer, 1916 * kneeling people, headgear, mirror, flaming torch, plants * Wall. West side of 12th, South of Chestnut. * 39.950100,-75.160325 [map] * On the Gayborhood tour. * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building +Horace Trumbauer page from philadelphiabuildings.org |
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Pastorius Monument Albert Jaegers, 1917 * Monument to Franz Daniel Pastorius * big seated person, chair, hint of a boat, groups of people standing, plants, lamp * Northeast corner Vernon Park. Germantown above Chelten. * 40.036900,-75.176150 [map] * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1921 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Franz (Francis) Daniel Pastorius page +ushistory.org's Vernon Park tour page |
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Packard Building Sign Samuel Yellin, 1924 (year on sign) * small standing, kneeling people, tools, scroll, staff, oar, plants, lamps, eagle, lion's head, seashell, urns, griffins, sign * Yellin is not listed anywhere as the artist for the sign, but he is listed as the metal worker for the building * West Entrance. Packard Building. East side of 15th, South of Chestnut. * 39.950650,-75.165650 [map] * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.orgs's Samuel Yellin page +Samuel Yellin Metal Workers +philadelphiabuildings.org's Packard Building entry |
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Public Ledger Building Horace Trumbauer, 1924 * reclining people, head scarf, scepter, burning oil lamp, quills, scrolls, books and tablets * Entrances. Southwest corner, 6th and Chestnut. * 39.949200,-75.150850 [map] * On the Independence Mall tour. * See also: +philadelphiabuilding.org's page for the building +Horace Trumbauer page from philadelphiabuildings.org |
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Temple Gates 1929 (installed 1960) * lamp, Temple seal, building * Gates. Pollett Walk (formerly Berks Mall), East side of Broad, South of Norris. * 39.981650,-75.156900 [map] * On the Temple Campus tour. |
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Board of Education Building 1930 * groups of people, people standing, people sitting and kneeling, winged people, books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements, linked BE logo, eagles, scarf, staff, buildings, tools, urns, jugs, ship, hourglass, lamp, light fixtures, plants, sun, globes * There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. The School District no longer occupies the building. * Building. Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter. * 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: New, Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building |
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General George G. Meade Public School Irwin T. Catharine, 1936 * School named for George Gordon Meade * partial standing people, lamps * East entrance. Gen. George G. Meade School. West side of 18th, North of Oxford. * 39.978350,-75.164650 [map] * On the Temple Southwest tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page +wikipedia.org's George Meade page +wikipedia.org George Meade School page |
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Light Fixtures Gerald Allen, Kent Bloomer, 1984 * abstract flower-like light fixtures * Entrance. South side of Locust, West of 7th. * 39.946785,-75.153700 [map] * On the Washington Square tour. * See also: +bloomerstudio.com |
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Lamps Joel Schwartz, 1986 * abstract light fixtures * Entrance. Southwest corner 11th and Spruce. * 39.946250,-75.159600 [map] * On the Gayborhood tour. * See also: +schwartzforge.com |
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Philadelphia Beacons Ray King, 1994 - 1999 * big towers, light sources, abstract * Broad and Washington. * 39.937850,-75.166800 [map] * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * See also: +1997 Philadelphia Business Journal story +1998 City Paper story +rayking.nu |
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Pyramid Lights 2008 * big abstract lights * Missing when checked late April, 2013. Not clear if this is due to construction in the immediate vicinity or whether it will be returned to this location. Was programmable and changed colors at night * Drexel University. 32nd Street Walkway between Market and Chestnut. * 39.955000,-75.187100 [map] * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Missing * See also: +Drexel University |