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St. Augustine and St. Patrick
George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect), 1907
* Statues of Saint Augustine and Saint Patrick
* standing people, hats, staffs, religious symbols
* Front wall. National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia. West side of Broad, South of Ellsworth.
* 39.936300,-75.167350 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+picture of St. Augustine from this piece at shrinetower.com
+picture of St. Patrick from this piece at shrinetower.com
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's George I. Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's Augustine of Hippo page
+wikipedia.org's Saint Patrick page
+saintritashrine.org
+1923 picture of the building at librarycompany.org

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St. Rita of Cascia Medallion
1907
* Relief portrait of Saint Rita of Cascia
* small head covered
* A 1923 picture of the building appears to show the gate and medallion. I am assuming this piece is original to the building until proven otherwise.
* Top of the alley gate. National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia. West side of Broad, South of Ellsworth.
* 39.936225,-75.167400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Saint Rita of Cascia page
+saintritashrine.org
+1923 picture of the building at librarycompany.org

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St. Rita of Cascia Statue
1970 (approximate, new mold 2010)
* Statue of Saint Rita of Cascia
* small standing person, habit, crosses
* Just South of the National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia. West side of Broad, South of Ellsworth.
* 39.936100,-75.167400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Saint Rita of Cascia page
+saintritashrine.org
+1923 picture of the building at librarycompany.org

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USMC Quartermaster Depot Lamps
Rankin and Kellog (Architects), 1908 (extension of building, original build 1904)
* small eagles, flames
* early pictures appear to show white globes at the top, which are no longer there
* In front of the Marine Club. West side of Broad, just South of Washington.
* 39.937500,-75.167050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Rankin and Kellog page

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The Beacons
Ray King, 2000
* big abstract towers, light sources
* The title and year are from the artist's website.
* Broad and Washington.
* 39.937850,-75.166800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+artist's page for this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+rayking.nu