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Peace and Love Exhibit


Peace Fountain
1865 (based on the inscription)
* house-like structure, water fountain
* inscription:
Peace
June 1865
* In the garden of the Water Works. Schuylkill Banks near the Spring Garden Bridge.
* 39.965380,-75.183075 [map]
* On the Museum Grounds tour.
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1954 picture of this piece
+Fairmount Water Works

LOVE
Robert Indiana, 1966 (date is from the Penn website)
* idea
* The better known copy of this piece is on JFK plaza. This copy replaced We Lost
* Locust Walk, just East of 36th.
* 39.951825,-75.194875 [map]
* On the Penn Campus tour.
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Robert Indiana page
+Smithsonian interview with Robert Indiana

Peace Symbol
Robert Engman, 1967
* peace symbol
* This piece has been listed as being by David Linquist or Lindquist, but according to the Smithsonian, it was a group student project supervised by Robert Engman
* Woodland Walk East of 36th.
* 39.952600,-75.194175 [map]
* On the Penn Campus tour.
* Other exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Robert Engman page

Doves
James Frost, 1969 (building date)
* doves
* South wall. University Lutheran. Northeast corner, 37th and Chestnut.
* 39.955025,-75.196310 [map]
* On the Avenue of Technology tour.
* Other exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation

LOVE
Robert Indiana, 1978
* idea
* There is another copy of LOVE on the Penn campus.
* John F. Kennedy Plaza (Love Park). Northwest of the Northwest corner, JFK and Arch.
* 39.954150,-75.165500 [map]
* On the City Hall tour.
* Other exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+Max Buten's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Robert Indiana page
+Smithsonian interview with Robert Indiana



Column Court
Lawrence D. McEwen, Architects, 1997
* hands, world map, peace sign, hearts, standing person, music and musical instruments, food, plants
* Children's Park in Chestnut Hill. Germantown and Southampton.
* 40.074650,-75.203700 [map]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour.
* See also:
+mcewenarch.com's page for this piece
+llra.net's page for the park including pictures of this piece
+Lawrence D. McEwen, Architects
+thechildrenspark.org


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.
* 39.954800,-75.196650 [map]
* On the Avenue of Technology tour.
* Other exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+lynnbdenton.com
+City Paper article about Lynn Denton
+Tabernacle United Church


Recovering World
Lynn Denton, 2001 - 2002
* big furniture, seated people, headgear, people together, parts of people, sun and stars, globe, abstract shapes, musical instruments, boat, water, buildings, symbols
* An ArtWell project designed and built with help from the recovering addicts at New Jerusalem and local children.
* Partially on the wall. East side of New Jerusalem. Northwest corner, 20th and Norris.
* 39.984550,-75.166725 [map]
* On the Temple Southwest tour.
* Other exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+theartwell.org
+lynnbdenton.com
+City Paper article about Lynn Denton
+newjerusalemnow.org





Grumman Greenhouse
Jordan Griska, 2011
* big real airplane, recycled containers, real plants
* inscription:
Grumman S2F Tracker, Polycarbonate, Soil, Recycled Containers, Plants
Plants courtesy of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
* Lenfest Plaza. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West side of Broad, North of Arch.
* 39.955400,-75.163725 [map]
* On the Convention District tour.
* Other exhibits: New
* See also:
+jordangriska.com
+Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts