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Content: Compasses

Compasses and Compass Roses, with and without labels, not drafting compasses.

Locust Walk Compass
Robert Lundgren, 1984 (renovated 2022)
* compass rose
* Intersection. 37th and Locust Walk.
* 39.952260,-75.197000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+article about this piece at upenn.edu
+theplantatrilliontreespodcast.com's Robert Lundgren episode




Compass Rose
2000 (very approximate)
* unlabeled compass rose
* Plaza. West side of 17th, South of Market.
* 39.952635,-75.168700 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists




Sidewalk Symbols
2023 (probable)
* unlabeled compass roses, hendecagrams
* In a Street View image from April 2023, not in the previous image from November 2020.
* Sidewalk. South side of Chestnut, West of 40th.
* 39.955610,-75.202575 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists