Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Welcome to Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net
My personal collection of pictures of 1,255 Philadelphia sculptures, reliefs, mosaics, light displays, fountains, and memorials including signs, gates, fences, streets, sidewalks and other architectural features, with
- indices for titles, artists, years, people, landmarks, architecture and content
- 17 exhibits
- 38 tours with both list and map views
- a nearby feature with geolocation support
- thumbnails that link to the larger pictures
- locations with latitude, longitude and [map] links
- underlined internal links to related and listed entries
- underlined external links (preceded with a +) for artists, artworks, people, and landmarks
- a read-only JSON API for building your own applications or data mining
Recent Updates
2/20/2026 | Added the 2100 Mount Vernon Sidewalk Mosaics |
2/18/2026 | Added the Horace Jayne House Relief Panels (Karl Bitter, Frank Furness (Architect), 1895) |
2/18/2026 | Marked Zen Doors as missing. |
1/1/2026 | Updated the New Exhibit to show new entries and pictures from 2025. |
12/20/2025 | Added Theaster Gates' Monument in Waiting |
12/16/2025 | Fixed the attribution on Concrete Tree to match revised pages at muralarts.org. Paul Santoleri is the only artist |
12/16/2025 | Added map coordinates to Quiet Vigil |
12/16/2025 | Cleaned up extensions on the tours including adding some new ones and fixing references to the Metro B and Metro L from their old names. |
12/14/2025 | Added Hamlet and Touchstone people links to the Shakespeare Memorial |
12/14/2025 | The art/person specific comment field is now available in the API, listed in the documentation and shown in the API tester. |