Bears
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Central Post
1850 (approximate)
* bird,
bear
* Formerly at Penn's Landing at Dock Street. Removed when the hotel was built (approximately 2001)
* Exhibits: Missing,
Religious
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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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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
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Family of Bears
Sherl Joseph Winter,
1966
* small
bears
* Delancey (Three Bears) Park.
Delancey between 3rd and 4th.
* On the Lombard-South tour.
* See also:
+Delancey (Three Bears) Park
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Three Bears
George Papashvily,
1966
* small
bears
* Visible through the fence
* Courtyard.
Behind the Fox Chase Library.
North side of Rhawn St. East of Jeannes.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's George Papashvily page
+Fox Chase Library
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Grizzly
Eric Berg,
1983
* bear
* West end of Fitler Square.
23rd and Pine.
* On the Fitler Square tour.
* See also:
+Artist's page for this piece
+Eric Berg Studios
+fitlersquare.org
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