Signs
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Arts Bank Sign
* name
sign
* On the roof.
Arts Bank.
Southeast corner Broad and South.
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
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Morgan's Jazz Night Club Sign
* partial
standing people,
musical instruments,
sign
* Front wall.
North side of Price, just East of Germantown.
* On the Germantown Avenue 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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Suburban Station Clock
1930
* clock,
sign
* Best observed from the East side of 16th
* 16th Street entrance.
Suburban Station.
West side of 16th, North of JFK.
* On the City Hall tour.
* See also:
+artistic views of the clock at tracyelizabethsmith.com
+wikipedia.org's Suburban Station page
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A Nation is Formed
1943 (assumed from location)
* Quote from George Washington
* eagle,
idea,
sign
* Opposite side of Birth of a Nation. Possibly intended as a sign for the South Terrace,
but not listed anywhere as a separate piece of art.
* inscription:
The preservation
of the sacred fire of liberty
and the destiny of the
republican model of government
are justly considered as deeply
as finally staked
on the experiment
intrusted to the hands
of the American people.
-First Inaugural of George Washington
* Outside the South Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* On the Kelly Drive tour.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
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Falling Star Relief
Charles Madden,
1983
* Tribute to Louis Kahn
* abstract
falling star
symbol,
sign
* Louis I. Kahn Memorial Park.
Northwest corner, 11th and Pine.
* See also:
+wikimedia.org picture of this piece
+Charles Madden
+wikipedia.org's Louis Kahn page
+Friends of Louis I. Kahn Park
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The Sign Boy
Tom Miles,
1994
* small
standing boy,
sign,
hat,
dog
* East side of Juniper, South of Market.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+Miles and Generalis, Inc.
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Wilma Theater Sign
Hugh Hardy,
1996
* big
name
sign
* Front wall.
Wilma Theater.
East side of Broad, North of Spruce.
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour.
* See also:
+h3hc.com
+Wilma Theater
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Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility
Isaiah Zagar,
1997
* big
abstract
sign,
ideas
* Wall.
West side of 23rd between Fairmount and Aspen.
* See also:
+Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility
+isaiahzagar.org
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Hard Rock Cafe Guitar
1998
* big
guitar
sign
* Above the entrance.
Northeast corner, 12th and Market.
* On the Center City East tour.
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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
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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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We the People
Ian Bader,
Henry N. Cobb,
2003 (year of building)
* big
preamble to the Constitution,
sign
* inscription:
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,
promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty
for the United States of America.
to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution
* Wall.
Constitution Center.
West side of 5th, North of Arch.
* On the Independence Mall tour.
* See also:
+pfcandp.com page for the building
+Ian Bader
+Henry N. Cobb
+Constitution Center
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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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Pretzel
Warren C. Holzman,
2004
* big
pretzel
sign
* South side of Pretzel Park.
Silverwood and Cotton.
* See also:
+artist's picture of this piece
+ironstudioltd.com
+Pretzel Park
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Continental Olive
2005
* big
olive
sign
* Wall.
Northwest corner, 18th and Chestnut.
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