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Stroll
William King, 1995
* big abstract people strolling
* South Street Footbridge. South between Front and Columbus.
* 39.940850,-75.143150 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's William King page

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Gargoyles
* small crouching person, bat-like creature
* Entrance. North side of South between Front and 2nd.
* 39.941075,-75.144475 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Gargoyles, Unidentified

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Gates and Grills
Albert Paley, 1978
* abstract forms
* The grill is clearly signed. The gate isn't, but the catalog says Gates and Grills, and they seem to go together
* Gates and grills. Lombard West of Front.
* 39.941950,-75.144000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* See also:
+albertpaley.com

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Four Decorative Panels
Bernard Felch, 1978
* abstract brickwork
* Set in to the East walls of the entrances of the first three houses, and facing the sidewalk on Front. The pictures are ordered from West to East. The first is almost completely obscured by a gate, but the rest are visible.
* Walls. Northwest corner, Front and Pine.
* 39.942950,-75.143725 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+Bernard Felch obituary

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Open Air Aquarium
Magdalena Abakanowicz, 2003
* abstract fish
* East side of Columbus Boulevard just below South.
* 39.939200,-75.141975 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+www.abakanowicz.art.pl

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Pennsylvania National Guard Monument
1997
* Monument to a group organized by Benjamin Franklin
* small lion, sword and shield, keystone
* inscription:
The rampant lion. Crest of the PA National Guard.
1747 1997
Near this site the Associators, a group of citizen-soldiers organized by Benjamin Franklin and predecessor to the modern Pennsylvania National Guard, established the first Pennsylvania military installation to defend the colony and the port of Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania National Guard dedicates this monument to those patriots on our two hundredth anniversary.
* Penn's Landing between Dock and South.
* 39.941850,-75.141325 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+The Electric Franklin

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Headhouse Square Fountain
2009
* abstract fountain
* Was in the middle of 2nd at Lombard. Removed as part of the 2021 renovation of Headhouse Square 12 years after it was installed.
* 39.942040,-75.145490 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Headhouse Square page

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Mustang at Play
Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1969
* small horse
* North side of Stamper, West of 2nd (off Head House Square, just South of Pine).
* 39.942900,-75.146200 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour