Penn's Landing Tour
The Penn's Landing tour is a loop. The recommended starting point
is on Dock Street, South of Walnut between 2nd and 3rd,
but you can start anywhere. From
Dock we go up the stairs to Society Hill, then
- South on Second across Spruce
- turn left and walk
along the South side of Spruce to
see the gates that make up Earth, Air Fire Water
- across the street to the Philadelphia Korean War Memorial and the Philadelphia Beirut Memorial
- back across to the
Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- South on Front to Delancey
- West on Delancey past 2nd
- Back to and South (right) on 2nd
- a half block West and back on Stamper
- South on 2nd again
- East (left) on South
- across
the South Street bridge over I-95 past Stroll
- across Columbus Boulevard to Open Air Aquarium
- North on Penn's Landing to Pier 3 and Riverwalk
- up the stairs to the ramp
- down the ramp past Tamanend's head and
eagle on the left and Birds in Flight on the right
to 2nd and Market,
turning into the parking lot at the
bottom of the ramp
- back East through the parking lot
past Birds in Flight to Front to
see Tamanend properly
- South along Front to Chestnut and the Irish Memorial
- West on Chestnut across 2nd to
the Treasury Building
- and South on 2nd to Welcome Park
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Ritz Screen
William P. Delaney,
1978
* big
abstract
* East wall.
Ritz 5.
West side of Dock, South of Walnut between 2nd and 3rd.
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I.M. Pei Garden
Jill Sablosky,
2003
* A tribute to I. M. Pei
* bench,
sundial
* inscription:
World-renowned Architect and Designer
of Society Hill Towers
In celebration of
the Towers 40th Anniversary, 2003
* North side of Society Hill Towers.
Near the top of the stairs off Dock Street, South of Walnut and West of 2nd.
* See also:
+inliquid.com's Jill Sablosky page
+wikipedia.org's I. M. Pei page
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Society Hill Towers Fountain
I. M. Pei,
1966 (restored 2009)
* fountain
* Courtyard/plaza.
Society Hill Towers.
2nd Street North of Spruce.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's I. M. Pei page
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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.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+Leonard Baskin page @ rmichelson.com
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Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Christopher T. Ray,
1972 - 1990
* plants,
bird,
sun
* 5 metal sculptured gates.
Apartment complex bounded by Front, Second, Spruce, and Delancey.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+chrisray.com
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The Final Farewell
Lorann Jacobs,
2007
* small
person kneeling,
weapons,
helmet
* 38th Parallel Place (near Front, Dock, and Spruce).
* Exhibits: New,
War
* See also:
+lorannjacobs.com
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Philadelphia Korean War Memorial
2002
* Letter from Kim Dae-jung
* emblems and historical text,
map,
pictures of people,
free-standing walls,
relief busts,
headgear
* a row of ground-mounted plaques (in the last four pictures) has been added on the North side of the piece since the original installation
* 38th Parallel Place (near Front, Dock, and Spruce).
* Exhibits: New,
War
* See also:
+Philadelphia Korean War Memorial website
+wikipedia.org's Kim Dae-jung page
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Philadelphia Beirut Memorial
Douglas Corsini,
1985
* Memorial to Cpl. Moses Arnold, Jr.,
Sgt. John J. Bonk, Jr.,
Cpl. Thomas A. Hairston,
Sgt. Gilbert Hanton,
Cpl. John F. Muffler,
Sgt. Rafael Pomales-Torres,
Pfc. Rui Manuel A. Relvas,
Cpl. Louis J. Rotondo
and
Sgt. Allen D. Wesley
* eagle,
3D USMC logo,
globe,
anchor
* Was at Penn's Landing on the North side of the Seaport Museum. Moved prior to 2010. The last picture is from the original location.
* inscription:
In Memoriam to the Philadelphia Marine Casualties of the Beirut Peace Keeping Mission.
If you forget my death then I died in vain.
October 23, 1983, 241 servicemen killed in the Beirut Terrorist Bombing.
Dedicated October 20, 1985
* Walkway North and East of Front and Spruce.
* Exhibits: New,
Moved,
War
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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.
* Exhibits: New,
War
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Butterfly
Harold Kimmelman,
1970
* big
abstract
butterfly
* South side of Delancey West of 2nd.
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org
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Mustang at Play
Margaret Wasserman Levy,
1969
* small
horse
* North side of Stamper, West of 2nd (off Head House Square, just South of Pine).
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Headhouse Square Fountain
2009
* abstract
fountain
* Headhouse Square.
Middle of 2nd at Lombard.
* Exhibits: New
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Stroll
William King,
1995
* big
people
standing
* South Street Footbridge.
South between Front and Columbus.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's William King page
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Open Air Aquarium
Magdalena Abakanowicz,
2003
* abstract
fish
* East side of Columbus Boulevard just below South.
* See also:
+www.abakanowicz.art.pl
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Five Spouts, Frog, and Lintel
1100 - 1300
* elephant,
unidentified creatures
* This piece is all that's left of the International Sculpture Garden installed in 1976. The fountain no longer works.
* Columbus at Dock Street.
* Exhibits: New
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Columbus Monument
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
1992
* Monument to Christopher Columbus
* big
abstract
obelisk,
pennant,
biographical text
* At the time this piece was built the firm was named Venturi, Scott Brown
* inscription:
1492-1992
Charismatic Leader, Navigator, Mathematician, Cartographer
Cinquecento Anniversary
Columbus, intrepid navigator, with a sense of the sea unparalleled
before or after him. A native son of Genoa, he became through
his dedication to a dream, an honored hero of history.
His keen intellect, abiding faith, and undaunted persistence
made him a giant among men of this millenium.
* Columbus at Dock Street.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates
+wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page
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Riverwalk
Andrew Liecester,
1990
* heads,
standing people,
horses,
fish,
mermaids
* Most of this piece has disappeared. Only the part in the first picture with the small human heads remains.
* Pier 3, North of Market and Penn's Landing.
* Exhibits: Missing
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Birds in Flight
Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr.,
1985
* abstract
birds
* Parking lot, North side of Market between Front and 2nd, North of the ramp.
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Tamanend
Raymond Sandoval,
1995
* Statue of Tamanend
* big
standing person
wearing a hat,
eagle,
turtle
* inscription:
In honor of the contributions of Native American Indians - the
ancestors, the elders, this generation and the generations to come -
this sculpture commemorates Tamanend, a Sakima, of the Lenni-Lenape
Nation who resided in the Delaware Valley when Philadelphia or
"Coaquannok" was established.
Tamanend stands on a turtle, which represents Mother Earth. The
eagle, a reverend messenger of Great Spirit, has a wampum belt
in its grasp. This belt recognizes the friendship treaty under the
Sackomaxen elm between William Penn ("Mikwon"), Tamanend ("The Affable
One") and other leaders of the Lenni-Lenape Nation. It reads "to live
in peace as long as the waters are in the rivers and creeks and as
long as the stars and moon endure."
Penn dealt with the Lenni-Lenape people when he came to the land
given him by the King of England. He bought the land from the
Lenni-Lenape through a number of treaties. Tamanend was one of
the Sakimas who played a prominent role as a welcoming delegate
on Penn's arrival in 1682 and in the early treaties of 1683 and 1692.
Tamanend was considered the patron saint of America by the colonists
prior to American Independence. Tamanend day was celebrated annually
on May 1st in Philadelphia and bells were rung in his honor.
* Front and Market.
* Exhibits: Favorites,
New,
Religious
* See also:
+Joey Blue's picture of this piece
+raymondsandoval.com
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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.
* Exhibits: Favorites,
New
* See also:
+Artist's site for this piece
+glennagoodacre.com
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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.
* Exhibits: New,
Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
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Welcome Park
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
1982
* Tribute to William Penn
* big
map,
standing person
wearing a hat,
house
* Welcome Park is laid out on a giant map of the original street plan, with miniature representations of two objects related to William Penn - the City Hall statue and his original slate-roof house. The Park itself sits on the site of the house Two walls around the park contain a biography of Penn, and his farewell address to the city is on the back of the base of the model of the statue. At the time Welcome Park was built, the firm was named Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown.
* Plaza.
East side of Second Street between Chestnut and Walnut.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+ushistory.org page for this piece
+picture of this piece from about.com
+Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
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Possible trip extension: Washington Square (one block West on Walnut)
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See Also
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+map of tour area
+ushistory.org's Penn's Landing page
+brainsinchains.com's Penn's Landing pictures
+wikipedia.org's Headhouse Square page
+Ritz 5
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Society Hill Towers page
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Chris Purdom, unless
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