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Hip Hop Cafe
Isaiah Zagar, 2002
* big abstract forms possibly suggesting parts of people
* Wall. East side of 5th and Passyunk South of Bainbridge.
* 39.940515,-75.150915 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: New, Mosaic
* See also:
+first official picture of this piece at imgur.com
+second official picture of this piece at imgur.com
+phillymagicgardens.org

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Homage to Mike Mattio, Master Plumber
Isaiah Zagar, 2000
* images, names, and a quote referencing William Blake, Paul Cezanne, Ornette Coleman, Charles Darwin, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Donatello, El Greco, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Gauguin, Stan Getz, Wassily Kandinsky, Brenda Kunda, Laocoon, Laozi, Mike Mattio, Katie McNamara, Henry Chapman Mercer, Thelonius Monk, Henry Moore, Edvard Munch, Simon Rodia, Henri Rousseau, Clarence Schmidt, Rebecca Sloan, Paolo Uccello, Vincent van Gogh and Johannes Vermeer
* big standing person, wearing a hat and carrying a plunger and wrench, right side up and upside down faces, crouching person, names and other words, a Darwin finch
* The list of referenced people was compiled by looking at pictures, watching the video, and web searches. There may be more.
* inscription: (2 excerpts from the intermingled text; the second is a Laozi quote):
Rembembering
the bath tub
the warm water
the big people
their hands
their faces
everyone giggling

There was something formlessly fashioned that existed before Heaven & Earth without sound without substance dependent on nothing unchanging all pervading unfailing

* Reed St. wall. South side of Bainbridge West of 5th.
* 39.940935,-75.151450 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: New, Mosaic
* See also:
+ facebook video about this piece
+phillymagicgardens.org
+wikipedia.org's William Blake page
+wikipedia.org's Paul Cezanne page
+wikipedia.org's Ornette Coleman page
+wikipedia.org's Charles Darwin page
+wikipedia.org's Miles Davis page
+wikipedia.org's Eric Dolphy page
+wikipedia.org's Donatello page
+wikipedia.org's El Greco page
+wikipedia.org's Duke Ellington page
+wikipedia.org's Ella Fitzgerald page
+wikipedia.org's Paul Gauguin page
+wikipedia.org's Stan Getz page
+wikipedia.org's Wassily Kandinsky page
+wikipedia.org's Laocoon page
+ wikipedia.org's Laozi page
+fidget.com 2013 event preview including biographical information for Katie McNamara
+wikipedia.org's Henry Chapman Mercer page
+wikipedia.org's Thelonius Monk page
+wikipedia.org's Henry Moore page
+wikipedia.org's Edvard Munch page
+wikipedia.org's Watts Towers of Simon Rodia page
+wikipedia.org's Henri Rousseau page
+wikipedia.org's Clarence Schmidt page
+wikipedia.org's Paolo Uccello page
+wikipedia.org's Vincent van Gogh page
+wikipedia.org's Johannes Vermeer page

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Carlos Carpet
Isaiah Zagar, 2000 (repaired 2011)
* abstract forms, dogs, parts of people, cursive words, plants, bottles
* Walls. North side of Bainbridge West of 5th.
* 39.941085,-75.151425 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: New, Mosaic
* See also:
+first official picture of this piece at imgur.com
+second official picture of this piece at imgur.com
+phillymagicgardens.org

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Cherubs
* mostly vertical cherubs
* Wall. North side of South, East of 5th.
* 39.941845,-75.150420 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists

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Firemen in Action
Harold Kimmelman, 1976
* small standing and running people wearing helmets, fire-fighting equipment
* South wall. Engine Company 11. Northwest corner, 6th and South.
* 39.942075,-75.152400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+firemanshallmuseum.org's Engine 11 page