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Welcome Park
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
1982
* Tribute to William Penn
* big
map,
standing person
wearing a hat,
house
* Welcome Park is laid out on a giant map of the original street plan, with miniature representations of two objects related to William Penn - the City Hall statue and his original slate-roof house. The Park itself sits on the site of the house. Two walls around the park contain a biography of Penn, and his farewell address to the city is on the back of the base of the model of the statue. At the time Welcome Park was built, the firm was named Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown.
* The original City Hall statue: William Penn
* inscription:
house:
This model design was created
from available knowledge of the
SLATE ROOF HOUSE
ground:
Of all the many places I have seen
in the world, I remember not one
better seated: so that it seems to me
to have been appointed for a town.
The names of the streets are mostly
from the things that grow in
the country, as Vine Street, Mulberry
Street, Chestnut Street, and the like.
* Plaza.
East side of Second Street between Chestnut and Walnut.
* 39.947300,-75.143975 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+ushistory.org page for this piece
+venturiscottbrown.org
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
United States Custom House
Ritter and Shay (Architect),
1932
* people
sitting and kneeling,
face,
farming, navigation, and artist tools,
ship,
buildings,
rope,
ox and bison,
staff,
food,
birds,
globe,
plants,
dolphin border
* Whole building.
South side of Chestnut, West of 2nd.
* 39.948300,-75.144185 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org Ritter and Shay page
National Monument to Scottish Immigration
Terry Jones,
2011
* standing
people,
dog,
hats,
weapons,
staff,
sitting people,
furniture,
books, scrolls and quills,
buildings,
horses,
carts,
trunks,
clouds,
ships,
symbols, logos, and insignia,
parts of people,
lion,
birds
* This piece is listed under many different names. The name shown here is from the standrewsociety.org. Was on the East side of Front, South of Chestnut. Moved late 2023 through early 2024. Pictures are from the original location.
* inscription:
(excerpt)
This monument to Scottish Immigrants seeks to provide a broad perspective on the rise and movement of the Scots
over many continents and centuries. On either side of this Monument you will find Standing Stones which will
assist you in understanding this ancient and ongoing process. The Standing Stones are part of the landscape and history of all the Celtic lands. Many remain in Scotland today. While the original purpose of these
stones is not known, it is believed they served a spiritual purpose, and may have had scientific astronomic
significance as well. We have adopted them in the monument as symbolic of Scotland's ancient past.
* Southwest corner of Foglietta Plaza.
North side of Spruce at Front.
* 39.947380,-75.142225 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+standrewsociety.org
+terryjonessculpture.com
Lions
John D. Battin, Jr.,
Henry Fiorelli,
1838 (reported year of installation)
* lions
* At the top of the two staircases.
East side of the Philadelphia Exchange.
North side of Walnut, East of 3rd.
* 39.947125,-75.145775 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1915 picture with this piece visible
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Philadelphia Exchange page
Phoenix Rising
Emlen Etting,
1982
* Memorial to Richardson Dilworth
* abstract
phoenix
* Was Southeast of the Southeast corner of 15th and JFK in the sunken portion of the North end of Dilworth Plaza (now Dilworth Park) on the West side of City Hall. Moved to the current location June, 2013. The last picture is from the original location.
* 38th Parallel Place (near Front, Dock, and Spruce).
* 39.945325,-75.144000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+Smithsonian Oral History Interview with Emlen Etting
+wikipedia.org's Richardson Dilworth page
Ritz Screen
William Daley,
1978
* big
abstract form
* East wall.
Ritz 5.
West side of Dock, South of Walnut between 2nd and 3rd.
* 39.946550,-75.145300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+williamdaley.net
I.M. Pei Garden
Jill Sablosky,
2003
* A tribute to I. M. Pei
* bench,
sundial,
fountain
* inscription:
World-renowned Architect and Designer
of Society Hill Towers
In celebration of
the Towers 40th Anniversary, 2003
* North side of Society Hill Towers.
Near the top of the stairs off Dock Street, South of Walnut and West of 2nd.
* 39.946000,-75.144850 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+jillsablosky.com
+wikipedia.org's I. M. Pei page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Society Hill Towers page
Mather and Company Medallions
1917 (year of building expansion)
* kneeling people,
boats,
water,
plants
* South side of Walnut, East of 3rd.
* 39.946975,-75.145850 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
Irish Memorial
Glenna Goodacre,
2002 (opened late 2003)
* small
group of people
standing,
lying and sitting,
grave stones,
crosses,
shovel,
part of a ship,
luggage,
cane,
hats
* Was on the Southeast corner, Front and Chestnut. Moved late 2023 through early 2024. Pictures are from the original location.
* inscription:
(excerpt)
Remembrance
The hunger ended
but it never went away
It was there in silent memories,
from one generation
to the next,
The time to take away
the silence has come,
to commemorate,
to mourn what was lost
to celebrate what survives -
without apology or fear.
We have it in our power
not only to remember
what took place but to relive it...
To find in the hungry and lost,
not a different race...
but the faces of our ancestors...
An image of ourselves.
-Peter Quinn
* Southwest corner of Foglietta Plaza.
Northeast corner of Spruce and 38th Parallel Place.
* 39.947850,-75.142050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* Exhibits: Favorites,
Moved
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Glenna Goodacre page
Society Hill Towers Fountain
I. M. Pei (Architect),
1966 (restored 2009)
* fountain
* Courtyard/plaza.
Society Hill Towers.
2nd Street North of Spruce.
* 39.945450,-75.144700 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's I. M. Pei page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Society Hill Towers page
Eagle
2001
* bird,
tree
* Wall.
Southeast corner, 3rd and Walnut.
* 39.946960,-75.146250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Guangxi Qihe Bronze Studio,
Emanuel Leutze,
Dr. QiongZhao (Ellen) Schicktanz,
2017 (installed)
* Full figure relief of George Washington
* small
people,
mostly seated,
some standing,
hats,
weapons,
flag,
boat with oars,
clouds,
horses
* inscription:
(partial)
This bronze sculpture replicates the famous painting,
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze.
It depicts Gen. George Washington leading the Continental
Army on a dangerous nighttime crossing of the Delaware
River on December 25, 1776 to attack Hessian troops
stationed at Trenton. His attack was a final, desperate
effort to gain a victory after months of defeats had reduced
the Army to a small, exhausted, and demoralized force.
Washington's success at Trenton reinvigorated the American
cause and kept the Revolution alive.
The painting captures the drama, danger, and desperation
of the river crossing, even though a number of details are
historically inaccurate, such as the type of boat. The artist,
Emanuel Luenze, grew up and was trained in Philadelphia,
but created the painting in 1850 after he returned to his
native Germany. The painting was a sensation when it was
displayed in America the following year.
The sculpture is a donation from Dr. QiongZhao (Ellen) Schicktanz, a naturalized Asian-American artist, in gratitude for her life as an American Citizen.
* North wall.
Museum of the American Revolution.
South side of Chestnut, East of 3rd.
* 39.948495,-75.145650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Emanuel Leutze page
+americangoddessartmuseum.com (Ellen Schicktanz)
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page
+amrevmuseum.org
Old Man, Young Man, The Future
Leonard Baskin,
1966
* standing person,
sitting person,
bird
* Also known as Society Hill Sculpture. The picture of the webmaster sitting on the Old Man is copyright Joan Anderson, 1972
* Plaza.
Society Hill Towers.
2nd Street North of Spruce.
* 39.945225,-75.144875 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Leonard Baskin page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Society Hill Towers page
Eagle
* small
eagle,
arrows,
olive branch
* Gate.
South side of the First Bank of the United States.
West side of 3rd between Chestnut and Walnut.
* 39.947900,-75.146350 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's First Bank of the United States page
Declaration of Independence
Tiequn Geng,
Guangxi Qihe Bronze Studio,
Dr. Komuro Hiromi,
Dr. QiongZhao (Ellen) Schicktanz,
John Trumbull,
2017 (installed)
* Full figure reliefs of John Adams,
Samuel Adams,
Josiah Bartlett,
Charles Carroll,
Samuel Chase,
Abraham Clark,
George Clinton,
George Clymer,
John Dickinson,
William Ellery,
William Floyd,
Benjamin Franklin,
Elbridge Gerry,
John Hancock,
Benjamin Harrison V,
Joseph Hewes,
Thomas Heyward Jr.,
William Hooper,
Stephen Hopkins,
Francis Hopkinson,
Samuel Huntington,
Thomas Jefferson,
Richard Henry Lee,
Francis Lewis,
Philip Livingston,
Robert R. Livingston,
Thomas Lynch Jr.,
Thomas McKean,
Arthur Middleton,
Lewis Morris,
Robert Morris,
William Paca,
Robert Treat Paine,
George Read,
Benjamin Rush,
Edward Rutledge,
Roger Sherman,
Richard Stockton,
Charles Thomson,
George Walton,
William Whipple,
William Williams,
Thomas Willing,
James Wilson,
John Witherspoon,
Oliver Wolcott
and
George Wythe
* small
people,
some standing,
some sitting,
furniture,
paper and pens,
interior of Independence Hall
* inscription:
(partial)
This bronze sculpture replicates John Trumbull's famous
painting Declaration of Independence that is displayed
in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. It depicts the
presentation of the Declaration of Independence to the
Continental Congress in Independence Hall on June 28, 1776, by
the drafting committee, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston
(shown seated to the left of the table).
Forty-two of the 56 signers of the Declaration are portrayed;
Trumbull originally intended to include the 56 signers,
but was unable to obtain likenesses for all of them.
He also portrayed five people who did not sign the Declaraion,
but who were present on June 28th.
Because the Declaration was debated and signed over a period of
six to eight weeks, the men shown here were never in
Independence Hall at the same time.
The sculpture is a donation from Dr. QiongZhao (Ellen) Schicktanz,
a naturalized Asian-American artist, in gratitude for her life
as an American Citizen.
* North wall.
Museum of the American Revolution.
South side of Chestnut, East of 3rd.
* 39.948500,-75.145750 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's page for the original painting
+americangoddessartmuseum.com (Ellen Schicktanz)
+wikipedia.org's John Trumbull page
+wikipedia.org's John Adams page
+wikiedia.org's Samuel Adams page
+wikipedia.org's Josiah Bartlett page
+wikipedia.org's Charles Carroll page
+wikipedia.org's Samuel Chase page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Clark page
+wikipedia.org's George Clinton page
+wikipedia.org's George Clymer page
+wikipedia.org's John Dickinson page
+wikipedia.org's William Ellery page
+wikipedia.org's William Floyd page
+The Electric Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Elbridge Gerry page
+wikipedia.org's John Hancock page
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Harrison V page
+wikipedia.org's Joseph Hewes page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Heyward Jr. page
+wikipedia.org's William Hooper page
+wikipedia.org's Stephen Hopkins page
+wikipedia.org's Francis Hopkinson page
+wikipedia.org's Samuel Huntington page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Richard Henry Lee page
+wikipedia.org's Francis Lewis page
+wikipedia.org's Philip Livingston page
+wikipedia.org's Robert R. Livingston page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Lynch Jr. page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas McKean page
+wikipedia.org's Arthur Middleton page
+wikipedia.org's Lewis Morris page
+wikipedia.org's Robert Morris page
+wikipedia.org's William Paca page
+wikipedia.org's Robert Treat Paine page
+wikipedia.org's George Read page
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Rush page
+wikipedia.org's Edward Rutledge page
+wikipedia.org's Roger Sherman page
+wikipedia.org's Richard Stockton page
+wikipedia.org's Charles Thomson page
+wikipedia.org's George Walton page
+wikipedia.org's William Whipple page
+wikipedia.org's William Williams page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Willing page
+wikipedia.org's James Wilson page
+wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page
+wikipedia.org's Oliver Wolcott page
+wikipedia.org's George Wythe page
+amrevmuseum.org
Eagle
Claudius F. Le Grand and Sons,
1797
* eagle,
food,
shield and arrows,
olive branch
* Pediment.
First Bank of the United States.
West side of 3rd between Chestnut and Walnut.
* 39.948050,-75.146250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's First Bank of the United States page
The Arsenal of Independence
Robert A. M. Stern Architects,
2017
* Reference to Benjamin Flower
* cannon barrels,
sign
* inscription:
(partial)
Imagine this neighborhood filled with the sights, sounds, and smells of war.
Philadelphia's tradesmen and women produced muskets, cannon, ammunition, wagons,
ships, uniforms and flags that helped to win American Independence.
In 1775, hat maker Benjamin Flower lived just a block from where you are standing.
He joined the Revolutionary cause and became Commissary General of Military Stores
for the Continental Army.
* in front of the Museum of the American Revolution.
Southeast Corner, 3rd and Chestnut.
* 39.948525,-75.145935 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+ramsa.com
+Orders to Benjamin Flower from George Washington
+amrevmuseum.org
Unity
Richard Lieberman,
1969
* abstract form
* Bingham Court.
East side of 4th at Locust.
* 39.946025,-75.147500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+theartblog.org In memory of sculptor Richard Lieberman
+commons.wikimedia.org's Bingham Court page
The Triangle Fire
Frank Bramblett,
1983
* fire,
clothing manufacturing tools
* Permanently in shadow and not easy to see.
* South wall of the overhang.
East side of 4th, North of Chestnut, behind the security grate.
* 39.949475,-75.147250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Independence Mall tour
* Exhibits: Labor
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire page
+frankbramblett.com