Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
1999
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Skin of the Bride Isaiah Zagar, 1991 - 2000 * big abstract, words * Walls. Painted Bride Art Center. South side of Vine between 2nd and 3rd. * 39.955725,-75.143950 [map] * On the Old City tour. * See also: +philadelphiasmagicgardens.org +Painted Bride Art Center |
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Philadelphia Beacons Ray King, 1994 - 1999 * big towers, light sources, abstract * Broad and Washington. * 39.937850,-75.166800 [map] * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * See also: +1997 Philadelphia Business Journal story +1998 City Paper story +rayking.nu |
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Zagar South Street Garden Isaiah Zagar, 1994 - 2007 (ongoing) * big abstract partial people, words * Courtyard/garden. South side of South between 10th and 11th. * 39.942825,-75.159400 [map] * On the Lombard-South tour. * See also: +philadelphiasmagicgardens.org |
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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 Filbert. * 39.957425,-75.194200 [map] * On the Powelton tour. * Exhibits: War, African American * See also: +artist's page for this piece +andreazamel.com |
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Chestnut Street Bus Shelters Pablo Tauler, 1999 * abstract, plants * Shelters pictured are at 10th, 13th, 15th and 16th * Bus shelters. South side of Chestnut, 7th to 17th. * 39.95035,-75.160290 [map] * See also: +artist's pictures of this piece +pablotauler.com |
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Steel Woman II Thomas Schutte, 1999 * horizontal person, furniture * In the Anne d'Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden. Art Museum Drive (25th and Kelly Drive to the Spring Garden Bridge). * 39.967150,-75.181425 [map] * On the Museum Grounds tour. * See also: +wikipedia.org's Thomas Schutte page |
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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. * 39.954800,-75.196650 [map] * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Peace and Love * See also: +lynnbdenton.com +City Paper article about Lynn Denton +Tabernacle United Church |