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People Sitting or Lying Don Quijote de la Mancha Joaquin Garcia Donaire * Statue of Don Quixote * seated person, horse, spear and shield * The inscription is in Spanish on one side of the base and mostly in English on the other. This is the English inscription. * inscription: This is an exact replica of the original sculpture by the artist Joaquin Garcia Donaire located in Ciudad Real - Spain. The statue has been presented by the Excma Diputacion de Ciudad Real to the City of Philadelphia as a token of friendship and understanding between our two cultures. * Middle of 2nd, North of Girard. * On the Northern Liberties tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece Fence Greg Leavitt * standing people, sitting person, partial person, sports and playground equipment, water * Fence. Cohocksink Recreation Center. Southeast side of Cedar St. at East Cambria. * See also: +gregleavitt.com +The Recreation Department Cohocksink Recreation Center page Mary and Jesus * Statue of Jesus and Mary * small people, standing, reclining, headgear * In front of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. West side of N. 48th, South of Lancaster. * Exhibits: New, Religious Mt. Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Church Entrance * Symbol of Jesus * small kneeling angels, cross, plants * inscription: Where Neighborhood Becomes the Brotherhood * Above the door. Mt. Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Church. East side of 42nd at Wallace. * Exhibits: Religious, Unidentified 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 Saint Hubert * statue of Saint Hubert * small (very) deer, kneeling person * Next to St. Hubert's Catholic High School For Girls. Northwest side of Torresdale Ave., Northeast of Cottman. * See also: +wikipedia.org's St. Hubert page +St. Hubert's Catholic High School For Girls Stephen Girard * Statue of Stephen Girard * group of people standing, sitting * Inside the main gate Girard College. North side of Girard at Corinthian. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page +Girard College Unidentified Stack of Books With People * big books, two people, one standing, one sitting * The only thing resembling a signature is a carved ML with the L coming out the bottom of the right vertical of the M. * Philadelphia University Campus, Northeast of Henry Ave. and School House Lane. * On the Philadelphia University Campus tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified Urns * urns, people, standing, sitting, swords and spears * At the entrances of Rittenhouse Square. South and West of the Southwest corner of 18th and Walnut. * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +wikipedia.org's Rittenhouse Square page 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 Union Baptist Church Gargoyles 1832 (cornerstone) * Symbols of Jesus, Saint John, Saint Mark and Saint Matthew * small kneeling and partial angels, torches, winged bulls, winged lions, crosses, crowns, birds, musical instruments, books * Walls. Union Baptist Church. South side of Fitzwater, West of 19th. * Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles Amazon August Kiss, 1837 * seated person, horse, cat, spear * At the foot of the steps of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's August Kiss page +Philadelphia Museum of Art Mary and Jesus with Angels 1851 (year of building) * statue of Jesus and Mary * small people, one standing, one held, two flying angels * Wall. Saint Mark's Church. North side of Locust between 16th and 17th. * On the Rittenhouse Square tour. * Exhibits: New, Religious * See also: +Saint Mark's Church Abraham Lincoln Randolph Rogers, 1871 * Statue of Abraham Lincoln * big seated person, chair, pen and paper, eagles, federal and city seals * Moved in January 2002 from the middle of Kelly Drive to the North side. The first picture is from the old location. * inscription: front: To Abraham Lincoln from a grateful people left: With malice towards none, with charity towards all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in back: Let us here highly resolve that the government of the people. by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this earth right: I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the states in rebellion are and hence forth shall be free * Kelly Drive and Sedgely Drive. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +wikipedia.org's Randolph Rogers page +wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page 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 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 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 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 Columbus Monument Emanuele Caroni, 1876 (renovated 1982) * Monument to (and statue of) Christopher Columbus * standing person, globe, sword, anchors, eagle, ship, sitting people, water, flag * Artist is listed as "possible." * inscription: Presented to the city of Philadelphia by the Italian citizens In commemoration of the first centenary American Independence 1876 * Marconi Plaza. West side of Broad, South of Oregon. * On the South Broad tour. * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1876 * groups of people, some standing, some sitting, hats, dogs, plants * Front and side walls. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Southwest corner, Broad and Cherry. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +pafa.org page about the building +philadelphiabuilding.org entry for the building +Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts St. George and the Dragon Elkington & Company, 1877 (sometimes listed 1876) * Statue of St. George * seated person, horse, helmet, spear, dragon * inscription: Designed and cast 1877 Elkington & Company Birmingham England for The Society of the Sons of St. George of Philadelphia Founded 1772 St. George's Day, 23 April, 1978 * Martin Luther King Drive at Black Road. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Moved * See also: +phillyskyline.com story about the demolition of the building where this sculpture used to be, with picture +Society of the Sons of St. George +picture of this piece from the Free Library of Philadelphia +Bob Speel's Elkington & Company page +newadvent.org's St. George page Stone Age In America John J. Boyle, 1877 * mother and children, mother standing, children crouching and carried, wolf, axe * Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +askart.com's John J. Boyle page Law, Prosperity, and Power Daniel Chester French, 1880 * group of people, one standing, 2 sitting, book * Behind the Mann Music Center. South George's Hill Drive. * On the West Park tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1938 picture of this piece +Max Buten's picture of this piece +Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French +Mann Music Center Morton McMichael John H. Mahoney, 1881 * Statue of Morton McMichael * seated person, chair * From Kelly Drive turn North on Sedgely Drive (at Abraham Lincoln), then make the second left on to Lemon Hill Drive. The statue is just North and a little bit West of the end of Poplar Street.. * See also: +famousamericans.net's Morton McMichael page John Marshall William Wetmore Story, 1883 * Statue of John Marshall * seated person, chair * inscription: Chief Justice of the United States 1801-1835. As soldier he fought that the nation might come into being. As expounder of the Constitution he gave it length of days. * On a traffic island behind the Art Museum. Art Museum Drive (25th and Kelly Drive to the Spring Garden Bridge). * On the Museum Grounds tour. * See also: +Article about the Washington D.C. copy of this piece +Max Buten's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's William Wetmore Story page +wikipedia.org's John Marshall page +Philadelphia Museum of Art Major General John Fulton Reynolds John Rogers, 1884 * Statue of John Fulton Reynolds * seated person, horse, hat, sword * North side of City Hall. Broad and JFK. * On the City Hall tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece +1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +another 1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +wikipedia.org's John Rogers page +wikipedia.org's John F. Reynolds page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page Orestes and Pylades Fountain Carl Johann Steinhauser, 1884 * Statue of Diana, Orestes and Pylades * group of people, two sitting (Orestes and Pylades), one head (Diana), sword * West side of 33rd at Columbia. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +Explanation from online-mythology.com +wikipedia.org's Diana page +wikipedia.org's Orestes page Silenus and the Infant Bacchus Praxiteles, 1885 (cast of 400 BC original) * Statue of Bacchus and Silenus * two people, one standing, one carried * Artist is an "attribution" * Kelly Drive, past Fairmount. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +Joey Blue's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Praxiteles page +wikipedia.org's Bacchus/Dionysus page +wikipedia.org's Silenus page The Wrestlers F. Barbedienne, 1885 * small two people not standing * Used to be located outside Memorial hall. Second picture is from that location. * In the Horticulture Center. Just West of Belmont and Montgomery. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: Athletic, Moved * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece Major General George Gordon Meade Alexander Milne Calder, 1887 * Statue of George Gordon Meade * seated person, horse * North side of Memorial Hall. North Concourse Drive. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page +wikipedia.org's George Meade page Dickens and Little Nell Francis Edwin Elwell, 1890 * Only known statue of Charles Dickens * two people, one standing, one sitting, chair * Clark Park. North side of Chester, West of 43rd. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +Article about this piece by Martha Rosso +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Francis Edwin Elwell page +wikipedia.org's Charles Dickens page Joan of Arc Emmanuel Fremiet, 1890 (listed dates vary widely) * Statue of Joan of Arc * horse, seated person, flag, weapons * Most sources list Joan of Arc's dates as 1412-1431. * inscription: Jeanne D'Arc 1409-1431 * 25th and Kelly Drive. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Favorites, Religious * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +Another Max Buten picture of this piece +bronze-gallery.com's Emmanuel Fremiet page +wikipedia.org's Joan of Arc page General George McClellan Henry Jackson Ellicott, 1894 * Statue of George B. McClellan * seated person, hat, sword, horse * North side of City Hall. Broad and JFK. * On the City Hall tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +another 1911 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +1913 picture of this piece from phillyhistory.org +wikipedia.org's George B. McClellan page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page Native Americans, Swedish Settlers and Eagles Alexander Milne Calder, 1894 * big people standing, sitting, eagles * Part of the whole building's art. Around the tower of City Hall. Broad and Market. * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +undated picture of part of this piece in the studio from phillyhistory.org +another picture of part of this piece in the studio from phillyhistory.org +wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page Penn Quad Gargoyles 1894 - 1911 * small crouching people, musical instruments * Walls. Penn Quad. South side of Spruce from 36th to 37th. * On the Penn Campus tour. * Exhibits: Gargoyles * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the Quad Wistar Institute Entrance 1894 * reclining people, book and quill, owl * Entrance. Wistar Institute. West side of 36th between Spruce and Locust. * On the Penn Campus tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +Wistar Institute Spirit of Transportation Karl Bitter, 1895 * big group of people, mostly standing, some sitting, horses, sheep, oxen, wagon and carriage, basket of fruit, model train, model boat, model airship * inscription: This panel, the conception and work of Karl Bitter, sculptor, was executed in 1895 and placed in the waiting room of Broad Street Station Philadelphia from which place it was removed to this site in January, 1933. The spirit of transportation is represented in triumphant procession of progress led by a little child carrying a model of an airship, a prophetic vision of a mode of transportation to come. * Interior. North waiting area 30th Street Station. Northeast corner, 30th and Market Sts.. * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * See also: +Linda Mann Art Gallery pictures of this piece +wikipedia.org's Karl Bitter page +wikipedia.org's 30th Street Station page Witherspoon Building 1895 - 1897 * Building named for John Witherspoon * small dogs, birds, an ox, plants, books, buildings, groups of people, standing people, reclining people, heads and eyes, various religious symbols * A group of figures from the building are now in the courtyard of the Presbyterian Historical Society * Entire Building. West side of Juniper between Sansom and Walnut, and along the North side of Walnut West of Juniper. * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles, Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building +wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page William Pepper Karl Bitter, 1896 * Statue of William Pepper * seated person, chair * Another copy can be found at the Main Library on the landing of the stairs to the second floor. * South side of College Hall. North of Spruce, West of 34th. * On the Penn Campus tour. * See also: +Penn History page for this piece +wikipedia.org's Karl Bitter page +wikipedia.org's William Pepper page General Ulysses S. Grant Daniel Chester French, Edward C. Potter, 1897 * Statue of Ulysses S. Grant * seated person, hat, horse * Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French +wikipedia.org's Ulysses S. Grant page Mary and Jesus 1897 (date of building) * statue of Jesus and Mary * people, one standing, one sitting, crown, scepter * Up on the wall. St. Mary's Episcopal Church. North side of Bainbridge, West of 18th. * Exhibits: Religious Smith Memorial Arch Herbert Adams, George E. Bissell, Alexander Stirling Calder, Katherine M. Cohen, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Daniel Chester French, Charles Grafly, Samuel Murray, Edward C. Potter, John Massey Rhind, Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh, John Quincy Adams Ward, James H. Windrim, 1897 - 1912 * Statues and busts of James A. Beaver, S.W. Crawford, Andrew Gregg Curtin, John A. B. Dahlgren, John B. Gest, Winfield Scott Hancock, John Hartranft, George B. McClellan, George Gordon Meade, David Dixon Porter, John Fulton Reynolds, Richard Smith and James H. Windrim * big arches, standing people, seated people, heads, horses, eagles, globe, weapons, hats * Despite the name, the memorial is actually not an arch at all, though it does include two arches. Sculptures on the memorial include Herbert Adams' statue of Richard Smith, who funded the memorial, and Samuel Murray's bust of James H. Windrim, who was the artist and architect of the memorial itself. Detail pictures of the individual pieces are in alphabetical order by subject. There are no details of John Massey Rhind's eagles, or Daniel Chester French's statue of George Gordon Meade (on top of the left pole in the first picture). Dahlgren is listed elsewhere as "Dahlgreen." * North Concourse Drive near Memorial Hall. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +ushistory.org's page for this piece +philadelphiabuilding.org's page for this piece +wikipedia.org's page for this piece +wikipedia.org's Herbert Adams page +wikipedia.org's George E. Bissell page +wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page +askart.com's Katherine M. Cohen page +jewishvirtuallibrary.org's Moses Jacob Ezekiel page +Chesterwood: home of Daniel Chester French +wikipedia.org's Charles Grafly page +wikipedia.org's Samuel Murray page +wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page +wikipedia.org Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh page +wikipedia.org John Quincy Adams Ward page +philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page +PA Historical and Museum Commission's James Addams Beaver page +PA Historical and Museum Commission's Andrew Gregg Curtin page +biography of John A. B. Dahlgren from civilwarartillery.com +The W. S. Hancock Society +Petersburg National Battlefield John Hartranft page +wikipedia.org's George B. McClellan page +wikipedia.org's George Meade page +U.S. Navy's David Dixon Porter page +National Park Service's David Dixon Porter page +wikipedia.org's John F. Reynolds page The Washington Monument Rudolf Siemering, 1897 * Monument to George Washington * big fountains, groups of people, standing people, sitting and reclining people, alligator, bears, birds, bison and oxen, elk and moose, fish, horse, snake, plants, shells, weapons, drum, net, hats * Restoration of this astoundingly complex and detailed monument was completed in June of 1997. * West end of Eakins Oval. Parkway at 24th. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +Featured in The Sixth Sense +wikipedia.org's George Washington page Benjamin Franklin John J. Boyle, 1899 * Statue of Benjamin Franklin * seated person, chair, papers * In front of College Hall. Locust Walk West of 34th Street. * On the Penn Campus tour. * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +phillyhistory.org 1913 picture of this piece at 9th and Chestnut +askart.com's John J. Boyle page +The Electric Franklin The Medicine Man Cyrus E. Dallin, 1899 * seated person, horned headgear, horse * Dauphin Street West of 33rd. You can get there from Kelly Drive by turning right on to Fountain Green Drive at General Ulysses S. Grant, and then left at the resevoir. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum University Museum Entrance Alexander Stirling Calder, 1899 (also listed as c. 1920 and 1931) * insignia, birds, horizontal and seated people * Over the door. Through the lower (East) courtyard of the Penn Museum. South side of South Street, East of 33rd. * On the Penn Campus tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page +Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology +information about the history of the building University Museum Medallions John Ross, 1899 * two people, one standing, one sitting, headgear, scarab * Walls of the Lower Courtyard. Penn Museum. South side of South, East of 33rd. * On the Penn Campus tour. * See also: +Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology +information about the history of the building Tedyuscung John Massey Rhind, 1902 * Statue of Tedyuscung * big kneeling person, feathered headgear * Above Forbidden Drive off of Rex Avenue in Chestnut Hill. About a 20-30 minute walk from the Highland train station. It's marked as Indian Rock on some maps.. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page Sundial Alexander Stirling Calder, 1903 * people kneeling, sundials, zodiac signs, hat * inscription: Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your lord will come. * In the Horticulture Center. Just West of Belmont and Montgomery. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page Anthony J. Drexel Moses Jacob Ezekiel, 1904 * Statue of Anthony J. Drexel * seated person, chair, pail, books and papers * Originally just East of 33rd. Moved Summer, 2001. The first picture is from the original location * On the campus of Drexel University. South side of Market, West of 32nd. * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +jewishvirtuallibrary.org's Moses Jacob Ezekiel page +wikipedia.org's Anthony J. Drexel page +Drexel University Guiseppe Verdi Ettore Ferrari, 1907 (installed) * Statue of Guiseppe Verdi * head, seated person, violin * In the Horticulture Center. Just West of Belmont and Montgomery. * On the West Park tour. * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Giuseppe Verdi page St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church 1907 * Representations of Jesus, Joseph and Mary * people sitting, kneeling, standing, headgear, book, manger, furniture, staff, sheep, ox, heads, winged people * The Springfield side of the building was obscured by scaffolding when these pictures were taken in August, 2010. The church web site has pictures of the front doors. * inscription: The Word was made flesh * Whole building. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. Northeast corner, 47th and Springfield. * Exhibits: New, Religious * See also: +wikipedia.org's Saint Joseph page +St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Cowboy Frederic Remington, 1908 * seated person, hat, horse * Other side of Kelly Drive past the Girard Avenue Bridge. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece +Max Buten's picture of this piece +Frederic Remington Art Museum William McKinley Isidore Konti, Charles Albert Lopez, 1908 * Memorial to and statue of William McKinley * standing person, seated people, branch * The last picture is of the reference to this piece from the mural at 12th and Walnut * South side of City Hall. Broad South of Market. * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1912 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Isidore Konti page +askart.com's Charles Albert Lopez page +wikipedia.org's William McKinley page +philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page +wikipedia.org's City Hall page Penn Dental Gargoyles 1915 (completion of building) * small crouching people (some with headgear), monkey, birds, bull, book, symbols * Spruce and 40th St. walls. Penn Dental School. Northwest corner, 40th and Spruce. * On the Penn Campus tour. * Exhibits: Gargoyles * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building Henry Melchior Muhlenberg J. Otto Schweizer, 1917 * Statue of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg * group of people standing, sitting, all the women wearing bonnets * inscription: Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America Pastor in Philadelphia 1742-1787 * In the driveway of the Lutheran Theological Seminary. East side of Germantown Ave. just North of Allens Lane. * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +biography of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg +Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Mather and Company Medallions 1917 (year of building expansion) * kneeling people, boats, water, plants * South side of Walnut, East of 3rd. * On the Washington Square tour. * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building 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. * 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 Civil War Sailors Memorial Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1921 * big stele, angel, group of people, standing, lying and kneeling, suggestion of a ship, hats, weapons, anchor, seahorses, eagles * inscription: front top: In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. front bottom: All who have labored today in behalf of the Union have wrought for the best interests of the country and the world not only for the present but for all future ages. back: Port Royal, Port Hatteras, Port Henry, Hampton Roads, New Orleans, Memphis, Port Hudson, Charleston, Mobile Bay, Drury's Bluff, Cherbourg, Fort Fisher, 1961-1865. * South side of the Parkway, West of 20th. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +another phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Hermon Atkins MacNeil page Conwell Hall Gargoyles 1924 (building date) * small seated people wearing hats * Both sides of the door. East side of Broad, North of Montgomery. * On the Temple Campus tour. * Exhibits: Gargoyles, Unidentified * See also: +Gerry Wilkinson's history page with Conwell Hall information Public Ledger Building Entrance 1924 (somewhat suspect) * reclining people * Entrance. West side of 6th, South of Chestnut. * On the Independence Mall tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuilding.org's page for the building Swann Memorial Fountain Alexander Stirling Calder, 1924 * Memorial to Dr. Wilson Cary Swann * big reclining people, swans, frogs, turtles, fountain * Consists of three large pieces representing the Delaware, the Schuylkill and the Wissahickon, plus frogs and turtles. The fountain is on during the summer and is visible from both ends of the Parkway. * Center of the circle Logan Square. 19th and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Favorites, New * See also: +Joey Blue's picture of one of the turtles. +wikipedia.org's page for this piece +phillyhistory.org 1931 picture of this piece +Max Buten's picture of one of the turtles +wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page +wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page Edgar Fahs Smith R. Tait McKenzie, 1925 * Statue of Edgar Fahs Smith * sitting person, chair, lizard, books * inscription: Provost, 1911-1920, teacher, investigator, friend. Born 1856 - Died 1928. A tribute of affection from John C. Bell, class of 1889. * East side of 34th St. at Smith Walk (between Walnut and Spruce). * On the Penn Campus tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's R. Tait McKenzie page +Edgar Fahs Smith portait at chemistry.msu.edu +upenn.edu's Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial collection 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 The Thinker Auguste Rodin, 1925 (cast) * seated person * In front of the Rodin Museum. Northeast corner, 22nd and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +Conservation of Rodin's The Thinker +bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page +Rodin Museum 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 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 Floating Figure Gaston Lachaise, 1927 * horizontal person * Despite its mention in Public Art in Philadelphia, this sculpture is not publicly accessible. It is behind a locked gate. Do not go through the gate if you find it open. It will lock behind you. * Locust between 2nd and 3rd (Society Hill Townhouses). * See also: +wikipedia.org's Gaston Lachaise page Fidelity Bank Building 1928 * reclining people * Entrance. East side of Broad between Sansom and Walnut. * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building First National Bank Building Entrance 1928 (original building date) * small seated people, birds * Entrance. Southwest corner, 15th and Walnut. * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building Shakespeare Memorial Alexander Stirling Calder, 1928 * Memorial to William Shakespeare * people, sitting and lying * inscription: All the World's A Stage, and All the Men and Women merely players. * North side of Logan Square. 19th and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1930 picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page +wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page +wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page The Lion Fighter Albert Wolff, 1928 * seated person, spear, horse, lion * At the foot of the steps of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +Philadelphia Museum of Art 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 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 Interfaith House Gargoyles 1930 (building date) * small crouching people wearing hats * In niches high on the front wall. South side of Chelten Ave., West of Germantown Ave.. * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * Exhibits: Gargoyles * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building Art Museum North Pediment Carl Paul Jennewein, 1932 (Museum website says 1933) * group of people, some standing, some sitting or lying, winged person, headgear, staff, sun, sword, furniture, musical instrument, snake, lion * North Pediment. Front of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Carl Paul Jennewein page +Philadelphia Museum of Art 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 Wisdom and Commerce Alfred Botteiau, 1932 * big sitting people, chairs, standing person, tree, owl, ship mast and sails * Wall. North side of Chestnut, East of 10th. * On the Center City East tour. General Anthony Wayne John Gregory, 1937 * Statue of Anthony Wayne * seated person, horse, sword, hat * In front of the Art Museum. 24th and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: War * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +askart.com's John Gregory page +ushistory.org's Anthony Wayne page +Philadelphia Museum of Art Benjamin Franklin National Memorial James Earle Fraser, 1938 * Statue of Benjamin Franklin * big seated person, chair * Free, but not always open. Check times. Second picture is of a reference from the mural at 24th and Chestnut. * Interior. Franklin Institute. West side of 20th, South of the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +official page for this piece +wikipedia.org's James Earle Fraser page +The Electric Franklin +The Franklin Institute Science Museum Pan with Sundial Beatrice Fenton, 1938 * In memory of William Stansfield * small kneeling person, pipes, plants, sundial * inscription: Such harmony is in immortal souls. In loving memory of William Stansfield, FRCO FACO MUS R-PA. Tribute from his loving wife. * East of the main entrance of the Penn Library. Locust Walk, West of 34th. * On the Penn Campus tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +askart.com's Beatrice Fenton page 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 The Ploughman J. Wallace Kelly, 1938 * kneeling person * inscription: They broke the land for harvest. * Central 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 Welcoming to Freedom Maurice Sterne, 1939 * Quotes from William Cullen Bryant and Abraham Lincoln * two people, one standing, one sitting * inscription: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right. As God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in. - Abraham Lincoln Here the free spirit of mankind at length throws its first fetters off and who shall place a limit to the giant's unchained strength, or curb his swiftness in the forward race. - William Cullen Bryant * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * See also: +askart.com's Maurice Sterne page +wikipedia.org's William Cullen Bryant page +wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page +ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page Family Unity Giuseppe Donato, 1940 * big group of people sitting, dog, dove, books, plants, symbols of justice, law, and peace * East pediment. Family Court. North side of Vine West of 18th. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +Family Court Justice and Law Donald De Lue, 1940 * big seated people, eagles * North and South walls. 9th Street Post Office. Southwest corner of 9th and Market and the Northwest corner of 9th and Chestnut. * On the Center City East tour. * See also: +sculptor.org's Donald De Lue page +wikipedia.org's Donald De Lue page Juvenile Protection Louis Milione, 1940 * big group of people, some standing, some sitting, plants, symbols of justice, law and peace * West pediment. Family Court. North side of Vine East of 19th.. * On the Parkway tour. * See also: +Family Court 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 The Immigrant Heinz Warneke, 1940 * kneeling person, staff * inscription: They came seeking freedom * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * See also: +Heinz Warneke papers at Syracuse University +ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page The Slave Helene Sardeau, 1940 * kneeling person * inscription: Their bands have broken asunder. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * See also: +Smithsonian archives photograph of Helene Sardeau in her studio +ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page Triton Fountain Donald De Lue, 1941 * Statue of Triton * fish, kneeling person, fountain * Not (as listed elsewhere) on North 6th * Courtyard. North side of Chestnut, East of 10th, behind a fence. * On the Center City East tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +sculptor.org's Donald De Lue page +wikipedia.org's Donald De Lue page +wikipedia.org's Triton page George and Meta Conor-Wood Memorial Ahron Ben-Shmuel, 1942 * Memorial to George Conor-Wood and Meta Conor-Wood * seated person, deer * Martin Luther King Drive below Black Road, opposite side, sunken. * On the West Park tour. * See also: +michenermuseum.org Ahron Ben-Shmuel page Settling of the Seaboard Wheeler Williams, 1942 * Quotes from William Penn and Alexander Whitaker * group of people, standing, sitting, trees * inscription: I have great love and regard towards you and desire to win and gain your love and friendship by a kind, just and peacable life and the people I send are of the same mind and shall in all things behave themselves accordingly. -William Penn to the Indians If we consider the almost miraculous beginning and continuance of this plantation we must needs confess that God hath opened this passage unto us and led us by the hand unto this work. -Aleaxander Whitaker * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Wheeler Williams page +wikipedia.org's William Penn page +wikipedia.org's Alexander Whitaker page +ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page Aero Memorial Paul Manship, 1950 * Quotes from and in honor of Julian Biddle, Richard Foulke Day, Norton Downs, Jr., John Drinkwater, Carl Christian Glanz, William Besse Kuen, Stephen Phillips, William Shakespeare, Stephen Spender and Houston Woodward * small reclining person, birds, celestial globe * The surrounding inscribed walls and benches are also part of the memorial. * inscription: pillar: Aero Memorial, World War I, 1917-1918 walls: To the aviators of Pennsylvania killed in action Thou hast caught splendour from the sailless sea, and mystery from many stars outwatched. - Stephen Phillips Master and Maker, God of right the soldier dead are at thy gate who kept the spears of honour bright and freedom's house inviolate. -John Drinkwater Born of the sun they traveled a short while toward the sun, and left the vivid air signed with their honor. - Stephen Spender Death makes no conquest of the conqueror for now he lives in fame though not in life. -William Shakespeare * Aviator Park. East side of 20th St. between Race and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Favorites, War * See also: +phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece +One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece +Another of Max Buten's pictures of this piece +wikipedia.org's Paul Manship page +wikipedia.org's John Drinkwater page +wikipedia.org's Stephen Phillips page +wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page +wikipedia.org's Stephen Spender page Social Consciousness Jacob Epstein, 1954 * Quote from Walt Whitman * big people, some standing, some not * inscription: A grand sane towering seated mother Chair'd in the adamant of Time. -Walt Whitman * Near the back door of the Art Museum. Art Museum Drive (25th and Kelly Drive to the Spring Garden Bridge). * On the Museum Grounds tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Jacob Epstein page +wikipedia.org's Walt Whitman page +Philadelphia Museum of Art The Great Doctor Waldemar Raemisch, 1955 * big group of people, standing, sitting * Collectively known, with The Great Mother as Spirit of the Juveniles. Formerly on the North side of the Parkway between 19th and 20th. Moved August, 2008. The first two pictures are from the original location. The third and fourth pictures were taken during installation at the new site. * In front of the School of the Future. North side of Parkside at 40th and Girard. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: Medical, Moved * See also: +blog about this piece being moved +School of the Future The Great Mother Waldemar Raemisch, 1955 * big group of people, standing, sitting, book * Collectively known, with The Great Doctor as Spirit of the Juveniles. Formerly on the North side of the Parkway bewteen 19th and 20th. Moved August, 2008. The first two pictures are from the original location. The third and fourth pictures were taken during installation at the new site. * In front of the School of the Future. North side of Parkside at 40th and Girard. * On the West Park tour. * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +blog about this piece being moved +School of the Future Mary Dyer Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1960 * Statue of Mary Dyer * seated person wearing a bonnet, bench * inscription: Quaker witness for religious freedom. Hanged on Boston Common 1660. * Outside the Friends Center. Northwest corner, 15th and Cherry. * On the Franklin Town tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +Martyrdom of Mary Dyer +lawbuzz.com's Mary Dyer page +Quaker Information Center at Friends Center Mother and Child Evelyn Keyser, 1964 * small seated people * Southwest corner Broad and Morris. John B. Kelly Harry Rosin, 1965 * Statue of John B. Kelly * seated person, boat, water * This is the father of the Kelly for whom the drive was named * inscription: Olympic Champion Singles 1920, Doubles 1920, Doubles 1924 * North end of the Reviewing Stands. River side of Kelly Drive. * On the Kelly Drive tour. * Exhibits: Athletic * See also: +michenermuseum.org's Harry Rosin page +wikipedia.org's Jack Kelly page Tuscan Girl Fountain Oskar Stonorov, Jorio Vivarelli, 1965 * fountain, four people, one standing, three not standing, globe * Wall. Southwest corner, Cherry and the Parkway. * On the Parkway tour. Old Man, Young Man, The Future Leonard Baskin, 1966 * standing person, sitting person, bird * Also known as Society Hill Sculpture * Plaza. Society Hill Towers. 2nd Street North of Spruce. * On the Penn's Landing tour. * Exhibits: New * See also: +Leonard Baskin page @ rmichelson.com +philadelphiabuildings.org's Society Hill Towers page 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 Women Washing Dexter Jones, 1968 * three people, one standing, two kneeling, plants, basket, water * Wall. Southeast corner, 58th and Lindbergh. 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 People Pyramid Evelyn Keyser, 1971 * small seated stacked people * Roberto Clemente Recreation Center. Southeast corner of 19th and Wallace. * On the Franklin Town tour. 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 A Friend Charles Parks, 1976 * two people, one standing, one sitting, hat, gun * Outside Police Headquarters. South side of Race between 7th and 8th. * On the Convention District tour. * Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters * See also: +charlesparks.com Families Evelyn Keyser, 1976 * small people in groups, sitting * In front of the District Health Center, Southwest side of Cottman, Northwest of Bustleton. Government of the People Jacques Lipchitz, 1976 * big group of people, kneeling and crushed * inscription: Symbolizing family life "the wellspring of society, the hope of the future" and the concept of government being of, by, and for the people, this sculpture is dedicated to the people of Philadelphia * Plaza. Municipal Services Building. Northwest corner, Broad and JFK. * On the City Hall tour. * Exhibits: New * See also: +Max Buten's picture of this piece +wikipedia.org's Jacque Lipchitz page Meher Khoren der Harootian, 1976 * Statue of Meher * cross, standing, sittng, and lying people, human bones, helmets, weapons, buildings, mountains, plants, horses, vulture, water, sun * inscription: On this day, April 24, 1976, commemorating the 61st anniversary of the martyrdom of the Armenian nation and celebrating the bicentennial year of American independence, we Americans of Armenian heritage in eternal gratitude to God dedicate this monument to our adopted land of the United States. Meher - A legendary figure of inspiring power symbolizing the invincible faith of the Armenian people, the first nation to embrace Christianity (301 AD). Keeping Watch over the cultural heritage of Armenia. Day of Infamy, April 24, 1915 the genocide and martyrdom of the Armenian Nation. St. Vartan at the battle of Avarayr (451 AD). History's first defense of the Christian faith. Mid the ashes of the martyrs, mother and child look to freedom for Armenia and all nations. * South side of Kelly Drive, West of 25th. * On the Parkway tour. * Exhibits: Religious, War * See also: +page about this piece from umn.edu Play at Second Base Joe Brown, 1976 * big two people, one standing, one sliding, baseball glove, hats * Originally on the walkway around Veterans Stadium until it was torn down in 2004. The first picture is from the original location. * North side of Pattison East of Broad. * On the South Broad tour. * Exhibits: Athletic, Moved * See also: +Penn Facilities Joe Brown page Score! Gil Whitman, 1976 * two people, one standing, one kneeling, hockey equipment * Lower rear entrance. Spectrum. Broad and Pattision. * On the South Broad tour. * Exhibits: Athletic Center of Mass I Ken Clark, 1977 * abstract nested circles, groups of people standing, kneeling * the top portion of this piece is too scribbled on to be accurately retouched. * Center of Russo Park. Down the path from the Southeast side of Torresdale, Northeast of Cottman. 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 McVeigh Children's Relief Anthony Visco, 1981 * small groups of children standing, sitting, sticks, balls, and swings * Access is through the gate on D. The picture of the West side of the piece (the side with the swings, which is in much worse physical condition than the East side) has been heavily retouched to remove scribbled names. * On the grounds of the McVeigh Recreation Center. South side of Ontario West of D. * See also: +anthonyvisco.org Pony Express Rider Arlene Love, 1981 * horse, partial seated person wearing a hat * Up on the wall. East side of 5th, South of Spring Garden. * On the Northern Liberties tour. * See also: +arlenelove.com Eastwick Farmpark Rosalie Sherman, 1983 * small sheep, cows, dogs, seated person wearing a hat, bench * There is some scribbling on the farmer that has been edited out of the picture. * 84th and Crane. 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 Benjamin Franklin George Lundeen, 1987 * Statue of Benjamin Franklin * small seated person, bench, cane, newspaper, pigeon * East side of 37th Street, just South of Locust Walk. * On the Penn Campus tour. * See also: +george @ lundeensculpture.com +The Electric Franklin Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Perry M. Morgan, 1987 * ideas, ideals and logos map, people standing, crouching, helmets, weapons, airplanes and helicopters, plants, buildings * inscription: The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial is designed to honor those who served in all branches of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. The memorial pays tribute to the 80,000 Philadelphia Vietnam Era Veterans who served our country in our nation's longest war. By honoring these veterans the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial separates the warrior from the war, focuses on the valor and sacrifice of those patriots, and gives each of them a place in history. It is our duty to remember the gallant Americans whose names grace this wall. They sacrificed their lives in the service of our country during the Vietnam War 1964-1975. For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. * Plaza. Southeast Corner, Front and Spruce. * On the Penn's Landing tour. * Exhibits: New, War Station no. 6 - Celebration of Water Ellen Fletcher, 1989 * small seated person wearing a hat, tackle box, fish * The fisherman was lost in 1999 in the flooding caused by hurricane Floyd and recovered or replaced in late 2005 or early 2006. * Schuylkill Banks between the Waterworks and the Spring Garden Bridge at the foot of the spiral staircase. * On the Museum Grounds tour. Tribute to Nursing Cathy Hopkins, 1989 * small people, one standing, one sitting * inscription: In honor of Our Nurses Past, Present and Future Genorously donated by Presbyterian's Nursing Alumni and Ladies Aid Society May 6, 1989 * North side of the traffic circle of the Presbyterian Medical Center. Enter the campus on the North side of Market West of 38th. Make a right at the first intersection, and then an immediate left. * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * See also: +Cathy Hopkins' Fleisher Art Memorial Faculty page +Cathy Hopkins' Center City Karate Chief Instructor page +Presbyterian Medical Center 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 Steel Woman II Thomas Schutte, 1999 * horizontal person, furniture * 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: +wikipedia.org's Thomas Schutte page +Philadelphia Museum of Art Tabernacle United Church Signs Lynn Denton, 1999 * signs, religious symbols and imagery, boat, Earth, food, sitting and standing people, birds, plants, musical instruments, sheep, hands, water * tiles painted by the congregation * Tabernacle United Church. Southwest corner, 37th and Chestnut. * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Peace and Love * See also: +lynnbdenton.com +City Paper article about Lynn Denton +Tabernacle United Church 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. Figuresphere II Eric Berg, 2002 * small abstract curled people * Schuylkill Park. West of 25th around Pine. * On the Fitler Square tour. * See also: +Eric Berg Studios 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 History In Motion Eric Okdeh, 2004 * big musical instruments, buildings, partial people, plants, groups of people, standing people, sitting people wearing hats, balloon, turtle, tiger, El cars and trolleys * The extreme horizontal proportion and the level of detail on this piece combined with the slanted sidewalk and number of people hanging around outside make it difficult to capture accurately on camera. The pictures are in order left to right with some overlap on the wider panels. The last picture is a detail to show the level of pixelization provided by the tiles. * Wall. District Health Center Six. North side of Girard between 3rd and 4th. * On the Northern Liberties tour. * See also: +ericokdeh.com Wilt Chamberlain Omri Amrany, 2004 * Statue of Wilt Chamberlain * person kneeling, person jumping, basketballs and basket * inscription: The worth of a man is measured by the size of his heart Wilton Norman Chamberlain August 21, 1936 - October 12, 1999 * Plaza. Southeast corner of the Wachovia Center. West side of 11th, South of Pattison. * On the South Broad tour. * Exhibits: Athletic * See also: +artist's picture of this piece +thinksculpture.com picture of this piece +rotblattamrany.com +wikipedia.org's Wilt Chamberlain page +wikipedia.org's Wachovia Center page Port Richmond Firefighters Memorial 2005 * Memorial to Richard F. Devine, William J. Robinson, Rey Rubio, John Taylor and Thomas Vaughan * black polished etched stone in the shape of the Fire Department emblem, two people kneeling, one winged, one wearing a helmet * inscription: Philadelphia Fire Department Engine Company #28 To honor our firefighters who have lost their lives while protecting and serving the great community of Port Richmond When I am called to duty, God, wherever flames may rage, give me strength to save some life whatever be its age. Help me embrace a little child before it is too late or save an older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout and quickly and efficiently to put the fire out. I want to fill my calling and to give the best in me, to guard my every neighbor and protect his property. And if ascending to my fate I am to lose my life please bless with your protecting hand my children and my wife. FF Thomas Vaughan March 13, 1904 FF William J. Robinson January 15, 1905 FF Richard F. Devine July 29, 1999 Capt. John Taylor August 20, 2004 FF Rey Rubio August 20, 2004 Dedicated August 20, 2005 * In front of Engine Company 28. Southwest side of Ontario between Belgrade and Miller. * Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters, Religious * See also: +article about the memorial +article about John Taylor and Rey Rubio +archive of articles about John Taylor and Rey Rubio +brief bio of Richard Devine +unofficial history of Engine Company 28 Clousseau Rousseau Patricia Ingersoll, Jack Ramsdale, 2006 * elephant painted with plants, reclining person * East side of Germantown Avenue North of Hartwell. * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * See also: +abzoolutelychestnuthill.org's page for this piece +tishingersoll.com +jackramsdale.com The Final Farewell Lorann Jacobs, 2007 * small person kneeling, weapons, helmet * 38th Parallel Place (near Front, Dock, and Spruce). * On the Penn's Landing tour. * Exhibits: New, War * See also: +lorannjacobs.com Titles Artists Years People Landmarks Architecture Size Content Tours Exhibits All Resources Technical Contact Thanks RSS Home Search The pictures on this site (but not the artworks in the pictures) are Copyright 1998-2010 Chris Purdom, unless otherwise noted, and are not to be used for commercial purposes, but are free for non-commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given. 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