Machines and Tools
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Old St. Mary's Bench
* small
standing people,
sitting and kneeling people,
sports equipment,
tools,
water,
plants,
horse,
horn,
umbrella,
hats
* Medallions are set into the curved brick back of the bench.
* Just South of Old St. Mary's.
West side of 4th, South of Locust.
* On the Lombard-South tour.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
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Penn Mutual Building Doors
* small
groups of people
standing,
machines and tools
* These massive doors are covered with small bas-reliefs of people working
* Doors.
South side of Walnut between 5th and 6th.
* On the Washington Square tour.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
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Philadelphia and the Schuylkill
* signs,
sheep,
locomotive,
machines and tools,
basket and barrel,
buildings,
maps,
plants,
food
* an outdoor history exhibit with artistic elements
* Schuylkill Banks between the Waterworks and the Spring Garden Bridge.
* On the Museum Grounds tour.
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The Schuylkill Chained, The Schuylkill Freed
William Rush,
1825 (1980 fiberglass casts)
* reclining people,
eagle,
waterworks machinery
* Roofs.
Two of the smaller buildings of the Water Works.
Along the river, near the Spring Garden bridge, off Kelly Drive around 26th.
* On the Museum Grounds tour.
* See also:
+Page for the Thomas Eakins painting William Rush Carving his Allegorical Statue of the Schuylkill
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1930 picture of the original piece
+phillyhistory.org another 1930 picture of the original piece
+wikipedia.org's William Rush page
+Fairmount Water Works
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City Hall South Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* standing people,
sitting people,
heads,
birds,
dragons,
book and scrolls,
staff,
cats,
seal of Pennsylvania,
horses,
ship,
plow,
plants,
bison head,
squirrel,
headgear
* Part of the whole building's art.
City Hall.
Broad, North of Chestnut.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New
* 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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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.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New
* 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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City Hall, North Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* people sitting,
people standing,
partial people,
groups of people,
horse head,
seal of the city,
ship,
plow,
cattle head,
bear head,
lion or tiger head,
elephant head
* This pavilion is the first of the four to be cleaned and lit. Standing in this one small portion of the building you can sense the incredible amount of work that went into the building's sculpture.
* Part of the whole building's art.
North entrance City Hall.
South side of JFK at Broad.
* 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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Art, Science, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, Mining, and Columbia
A.M.J. Mueller,
1876 (approximate)
* standing people,
sitting people,
groups of people,
anchor,
column,
globe,
books and tablet,
tools and machine parts,
symbols of peace and victory
* On the roof.
Memorial Hall.
North Concourse Drive.
* On the West Park tour.
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
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City Seal
1925 (from cornerstone)
* small
seal of the city,
standing people,
ship,
plow,
scroll,
food
* Was on the Southwest corner, Juniper and Race. Removed from the building 2008 prior to demolition for Convention Center expansion.
* Wall.
* Exhibits: Missing,
Unidentified
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Firefighter Gargoyles
1925 (from cornerstone)
* small
crouching people
wearing hats and helmets,
firefighting equipment
* Was on the Southwest corner, Juniper and Race. Removed from the building 2008 prior to demolition for Convention Center expansion.
* Entrance.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters,
Missing,
Gargoyles,
Unidentified
* See also:
+Max Buten's page for this piece
+Gargoyle Hunter page for this piece
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Great Seals of Cities and States
Paul Philippe Cret,
Leon Hermant,
1926
* big
Seals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,
standing people,
arm,
scales and plow,
ship,
basket,
fruit,
scroll,
horses,
eagle
* The Philadelphia and Pennsylvania seals are in Philadelphia. The Camden and New Jersey seals (not pictured) are in Camden.
* Bridge anchorages.
Ben Franklin Bridge.
West of Columbus on Race and South of Vine on Water.
* See also:
+The Paul Philippe Cret Collection at upenn.edu
+wikipedia.org's Leon Hermant page
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin Bridge page
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Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building
Lee Lawrie,
1926 - 1927
* Building renamed in honor of Raymond G. Perelman
and
Ruth Perelman
* big
people
standing
sitting,
furniture,
weapons,
kite,
ships,
tools and machines,
dogs,
horses,
alligators,
elephants,
owls,
squirrels,
buildings,
trains,
plants,
symbols and words
* Originally an insurance building. Donated to the Art Museum by the Perelmans. The pictures here are only a representative sampling of the art.
* inscription:
Pennsylvania side:
In the honor and perpetuity of the family is founded the state. In the nobler life of the household is the nobler life of mankind.
26th side:
He labors best who loves best : the finest work of a man's life is to open the doors of opportunity to those who depend on him.
* The whole building.
Northwest corner of Fairmount and Pennsylvania.
* On the Parkway tour.
* See also:
+Museum press release about the donation
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+Max Buten's picture of one of the reliefs
+Another Max Buten picture of one of the reliefs
+wikipedia.org's Lee Lawrie page
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Central Library Pediments
John Donnelly Company,
1927
* big
groups of people,
some standing,
some sitting,
sphinx,
pyramid,
urn,
plant,
chair,
globe,
stylus, scroll, tablet and books,
typewriter and printing press
* Pediments.
Central Library.
North side of Vine between 19th and 20th.
* On the Parkway tour.
* See also:
+Picture of this piece under construction from the Free Library
+Picture of this piece under construction from the Free Library
+Picture of this piece under construction from the Free Library
+Central branch of the Free Library
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Rodin Museum Entrance
1929 (year of building)
* seated and reclining
people
(cherubs,
unfinished headless person),
head scarf,
scales and other tools,
plants,
musical instrument
* Entrance.
Rodin Museum.
Northeast corner, 22nd and the Parkway.
* On the Parkway tour.
* See also:
+Rodin Museum
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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,
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.
* On the Parkway tour.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
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Curtis Hall, Thomas Jefferson University
1931
* standing people,
medical instruments,
plants,
lions,
birds,
various medical symbols
* Entrance.
Curtis Hall, Thomas Jefferson University.
North side of Walnut between 10th and 11th.
* On the Center City East tour.
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+Thomas Jefferson University
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Treasury Building
1932
* people
sitting and kneeling,
face,
farming, navigation, and artist tools,
ship,
buildings,
rope,
ox and bison,
staff,
food,
birds,
globe,
plants,
dolphin border
* Whole building.
South side of Chestnut, West of 2nd.
* On the Penn's Landing tour.
* Exhibits: New,
Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
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Spanning the Continent
Robert Laurent,
1937
* two people
standing,
farm implement,
bonnet
* Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* On the Kelly Drive tour.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Robert Laurent page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
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The Miner
John B. Flannagan,
1938
* crouching person,
miner's tools
* inscription:
They searched the earth for treasure.
* Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* On the Kelly Drive tour.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's John Bernard Flannagan page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
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The Alchemist
Donald De Lue,
1940
* seated person,
furniture,
headgear,
alchemy equipment
* Above the entrance.
Chemistry Laboratories Cret Wing.
North side of Spruce, West of 33rd.
* On the Penn Campus tour.
* See also:
+sculptor.org's Donald De Lue page
+wikipedia.org's Donald De Lue page
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The Hand and Eye of God
J. Wallace Kelly,
1959
* eye and hand,
tools
* The title is from the James A. Michener Art Museum's web site. Public Art in Philadelphia says "Titles Unknown."
* Wall.
North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* On the Kelly Drive tour.
* See also:
+michenermuseum.org's J. Wallace Kelly Page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
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Firemen
Gerd Utescher,
1964
* small
group of people
standing,
some partial,
hatchet,
hats
* Wall.
West side of Richmond, North of Kirkbride.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
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Horses Drawing Fire Engine
John Godfrey,
1964
* small
horses,
fire engine
* Entrance.
Fire station, South side of Market between 21st and 22nd.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
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City Seal
Dexter Jones,
1966
* big
seal of the city,
standing people,
ship,
plow,
scroll,
food
* Entrance.
Municipal Services Building.
North side of JFK between Broad and 15th.
* On the City Hall tour.
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Fireman Carrying A Hatchet
Dexter Jones,
1967
* small
standing person,
helmet,
hatchet,
stairs
* Wall.
Boudinot Street and Hart Lane.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
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St. Joseph the Worker
Maurice Lowe,
1967
* Statue of Joseph
* small
standing person,
carpenter's tools
* In front of Barbelin Hall. Saint Joseph's University.
City Line, West of 54th.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Saint Joseph page
+Saint Joseph's University
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Dancing Children
Henry Mitchell,
1968
* small
people
dancing,
sitting,
hats,
bench,
baby carriage,
knitting needles,
dog
* Above the entrance.
Cobbs Creek Recreation Center.
West side of 63rd at Locust.
* Exhibits: New
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Giant Three-Way Plug, Scale A
Claes Oldenburg,
1970 (installed 2010)
* big
electric plug
* Parking garage roof sculpture garden behind the Art Museum.
Art Museum Drive (25th and Kelly Drive to the Spring Garden Bridge).
* On the Museum Grounds tour.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+oldenburgvanbruggen.com
+Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Hose Team In Action
Harold Kimmelman,
1971
* two people,
one standing,
one kneeling,
helmets,
firehose
* On the wall.
Engine Company 28.
Southwest side of Ontario between Belgrade and Miller.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org
+unofficial history of Engine Company 28
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Fire Engine
Harold Kimmelman,
1972
* small
horses,
fire-fighting equipment,
sitting person,
standing person
* Front wall.
Fire Station, North side of Frankford between Decatur and Harel.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org
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Firemen in Action
Harold Kimmelman,
1976
* small
standing and running
people
wearing helmets,
fire-fighting equipment
* Wall.
Northwest corner, 6th and South.
* On the Lombard-South tour.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org
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Horse Team and Pumper Making A Run
Harold Kimmelman,
1978
* small
seated person,
partial person,
hat and helmet,
fire-fighting equipment,
horses
* Wall.
West side of 2nd, North of York.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org
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Benjamin Franklin, Craftsman
Joe Brown,
1981
* Statue of Benjamin Franklin
* standing person,
printing press
* inscription:
Presented to the
City of Philadelphia
by
Pennsylvania Freemasons
Dedicated June 27, 1981
by
The Grand Lodge Free and
Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania
* Northwest corner, Broad and JFK.
* On the City Hall tour.
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+Penn Facilities Joe Brown page
+The Electric Franklin
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The Triangle Fire
Frank Bramblett,
1983
* fire,
clothing manufacturing tools
* Permanently in shadow and not easy to see.
* South wall of the overhang.
East side of 4th, North of Chestnut, behind the security grate.
* On the Washington Square tour.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Triangle Fire page
+frankbramblett.com
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Fire Rescue Scene of Infant
Rebecca Rose,
1986
* small
people
standing,
carried,
helmets,
fire-fighting equipment,
parts of building
* Wall.
South side of Snyder just West of 4th.
* On the South Philly tour.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
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Dr. Hideyo Noguchi
1988
* Partial statue of Hideyo Noguchi
* small
head, torso, and arm,
beaker
* Was on the South side of Market, West of 36th. Was not there 7/24/2005.
* inscription:
Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, 1876-1928. Born in Fukushima, Japan. Studied at the University of Pennsylvania (1900-1904) and dedicated his life to medical research. He died of yellow fever in Africa.
Donated by District 265 Kyoto-Joyo Rotary Club.
* Exhibits: Medical,
Missing,
Unidentified
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Hideyo Noguchi page
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Philadelphia Firsts
George Greenamyer,
1998
* Portrayals of and references to John Bartram,
William Camac,
Mary Cassat,
Rebecca Cole,
Thomas Eakins,
John Fitch,
Benjamin Franklin,
Francis Hopkinson
and
Betsy Ross
* small
standing people,
building,
tiger,
boat,
fish,
fire,
medical and fire-fighting equipment,
flag,
plant
* inscription:
First American Zoo
1874
The first animal and Dr. William Camac, founder
First American museum and art school
1805
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Thomas Eakins and Mary Cassat
First American volunteer fire company
1736
The union, founded by Benjamin Franklin
First American botanical garden
1728
Bartram's Gardens
John Bartram with Franklinia alatamaha
First American steamboat
1785
John Fitch, inventor
First African-American
to graduate from the Women's Medical College
1867
Dr. Rebecca Cole
First American Flag
1777
Betsy Ross, seamstress
Francis Hopkinson, alleged designer
* On top of a pole outside 1515 Arch (aka One Parkway).
* On the Parkway tour.
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+greenamyer.com
+Bartram's Garden
+History of the Philadelphia Zoo
+askart.com's Mary Cassat page
+wikipedia.org's Rebecca Cole page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Eakins page
+wikipedia.org's John Fitch page
+The Electric Franklin
+flagguys.com's Francis Hopkinson page
+ushistory.org's Betsy Ross page
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Black Bottom Memorial Wall
Andrea Zamel,
1999
* map,
heart and hands
symbol,
standing
people,
sitting person,
bulldozer,
houses,
weapons,
flag
* a collaberative project with Penn and University City High School students
* inscription:
The Black Bottom was a predominately African American community that
once existed between 32nd Street and 40th Street and between
Walnut Street and Lancaster Avenue. Within these boundaries was a
community based on loyalty, trust, and respect. It was born of economic adversity
but based on love. Their love was for their community and its members and they
cared for each other as family. Everyone was helpful to one another.
The children were raised together. With pride in their hearts and pride
for their community prejudice was a stranger to the people of the Black
Bottom. The walls of the community were torn down to make way for "Urban
Renewal." However the sense of community was planted in the hearts
of the members proving that a community can thrive even in a field of barren
ground. Resistance did not prevent their neighborhood from being physically
destroyed but resistance preserved it in their memories even today.
The community still meets every year on the last Sunday in August for the
Black Bottom Reunion at Fairmount Park. It is the largest neighborhood
gathering in the history of Philadelphia.
We were like a big family, close together until the bulldozers of urban renewal
came around. They tore down our neighborhood - but not our spirits! The Black
Bottom still is home in our hearts.
We fought to protect our neighborhood and our country.
* Wall.
Southeast corner of University City High School.
West side of 36th, North of Market.
* On the Avenue of Technology tour.
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+artist's page for this piece
+andreazamel.com
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Freedom
Zenos Frudakis,
2000
* small
people
standing,
parts of people,
tools
* Wall.
South side of Vine, West of 16th.
* On the Franklin Town tour.
* See also:
+zenosfrudakis.com
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Spring Gardens Fence
2001 (approximate)
* plants,
birds,
spring,
sign
* Fence and gates.
Spring Gardens.
Around the block bounded by 18th, 19th, Wallace and North.
* On the Franklin Town tour.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
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The Tuttleman Center
2001
* partial people,
seated people,
ball of yarn,
cat,
cell phone and calculator, cooking utensils, movie equipment,
chinese characters,
flower,
food,
masks,
musical instruments,
pencil and paper,
sand,
shells,
sports equipment,
water
* This is only a representative sampling of the art.
* North wall.
Southwest from School House Lane and Henry Ave..
* On the Philadelphia University Campus tour.
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Irish Memorial
Glenna Goodacre,
2002 (opened late 2003)
* small
group of people
standing,
lying and sitting,
grave stones,
crosses,
shovel,
part of a ship,
luggage,
cane,
hats
* inscription:
Remembrance
The hunger ended
but it never went away
It was there in silent memories,
from one generation
to the next,
The time to take away
the silence has come,
to commemorate,
to mourne what was lost
to celebrate what survives -
without apology or fear.
We have it in our power
not only to remember
what took place but to relive it...
To find in the hungry and lost,
not a different race...
but the faces of our ancestors...
An image of ourselves.
Peter Quinn
* Southeast corner, Front and Chestnut.
* On the Penn's Landing tour.
* Exhibits: Favorites,
New
* See also:
+Artist's site for this piece
+glennagoodacre.com
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Kelly Family Gates
Mark Leuders,
2003
* Reference to the work of Charles Addams
* hands,
artist tools
* Within four years of being installed, the gates were removed again for the destruction of the building next door and then the subsequent construction of a new building to replace it. The last picture, taken in August of 2009, is of the gates propped against the wall near where they were installed.
* Gates.
Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall.
West side of 36th between Walnut and Locust Walk.
* On the Penn Campus tour.
* See also:
+Article about this piece
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+Charles Addams bio from westfieldnj.com
+Charles Addams bio from toonpedia.com
+Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall
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Pay Attention
Bob Rivera,
2003
* big
scientific equipment,
symbols
* Behind a fence but visible from both Poplar and Franklin.
A companion piece, Discovery not yet pictured here, is high on the North wall of the building
along 8th Street.
* Southwest corner Franklin and Poplar (Franklin is one block East of 8th).
* On the Northern Liberties tour.
* See also:
+artist's pictures of this piece
+Bob Rivera's riverstudios.com
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Campbell Square Arch
Warren C. Holzman,
2004
* partial people,
tools,
church,
ship,
train,
sun,
plants,
fish,
arch,
fleur de lis,
sign
* Campbell Square.
Northeast side of Alleghany at Livingston.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+Recreation Department page about this piece
+ironstudioltd.com
+Campbell Square information
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Dewey's World
Paul Santoleri,
Jennie Shanker,
2006
* big
abstract
idea,
books,
hands,
machines and tools,
plants
* Created with the Mural Arts Program and students from the James R. Ludlow School.
* Walls.
Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library Branch.
Southwest corner 6th and Girard.
* On the Northern Liberties tour.
* See also:
+blog entry about this piece from fallonandrosof.com
+paulsantoleri.com
+interview with Jennie Shanker from aft.org
+Jennie Shanker faculty page
+Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library Branch
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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.
* See also:
+artist's picture of the insects
+phillipsmetal.com
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