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The Wall As a Window
Richard Camitta,
Ken Clark,
Woody Stange (Architect),
1979
* big
sun
* Wall.
Rivers Edge Park.
Front and Vine.
* 39.955550,-75.140425 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+waymarking.com's entry for Rivers Edge Park
Unidentifed
* small
abstract form
* North end of Rivers Edge Park.
West side of Front, South of Callowhill.
* 39.956200,-75.140350 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+waymarking.com's entry for Rivers Edge Park
Great Seals of Cities and States
Paul Philippe Cret (Architect),
Leon Hermant,
1926
* big
Seals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,
standing people,
arm,
scales and plow,
ship,
basket,
fruit,
scroll,
horses,
eagle
* The Philadelphia and Pennsylvania seals are in Philadelphia. The Camden and New Jersey seals (not pictured) are in Camden.
* Bridge anchorages.
Ben Franklin Bridge.
West of Columbus on Race and South of Vine on Water.
* 39.954225,-75.140300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Paul Philippe Cret page
+wikipedia.org's Leon Hermant page
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin Bridge page
Haas Biergarten Rabbits
Groundswell Design Group,
2013 (probable)
* small
rabbits
* Groundswell Design is listed as the designer of the restaurant and presumably the beer garden, so they are credited here with the rabbits.
* Shack roof.
North side of Fringe Arts.
South side of Race, West of Columbus Blvd..
* 39.953510,-75.140400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+groundswelldesigngroup.com
+fringearts.com
Race Street Connector
Field Operations,
2011
* big
idea
sign,
measurements of water
* "CITY" is on the East side, pointing West and "RIVER" is on the West
side, pointing East.
* inscription:
This dramatic light screen, made of expanded metal with bold
signage and color-shifting night lighting, unifies the corridor
underneath the expressways and draws people to the waterfront.
The smaller characters graphically register the historic flooding
events of the Delaware River by month, year and peak height as
recorded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
at the Race Street Pier (Pier 11). The resulting timeline visually
reinforces the dynamic conntection between the city and the river.
* Under the 1-95 overpass.
South side of Race, East of 2nd.
* 39.953670,-75.140950 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+delawareriverwaterfront.com's page for this piece
+fieldoperations.net
Marquee
Aaron Igler,
Matthew Suib,
Richard Torchia,
2011
* LED representation of water
* inscription:
Light Emitting diodes (LEDs) displaying live-feed video of the surface of
the Delaware River sourced from a camera pointed east.
Never the same twice, the real-time images of the Delaware River
streaming overhead shift constantly according to weather and lighting
conditions, as well as boating patterns and river wildlife. Drawing
attention toward the waterfront these images also encourage viewers
to reimagine the cascading noise of overpass traffic as the sound of
waves. By reciprocating the gesture made by the Race Street Pier, an
urban park that brings the city to the river, Marquee brings the river to
the city.
* West side of the I-95 overpass.
Race, East of 2nd.
* 39.953750,-75.141600 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+greenhousemedia.com (Aaron Igler and Matthew Suib)
+publicartarchive.org's Matt Suib page
+wheatonarts.org's Richard Torchia page
Skin of the Bride
Isaiah Zagar,
1991 - 2000
* big
abstract,
words
* Was on the South side of Vine between 2nd and 3rd on the walls of the Painted Bride Art Center, which is no longer the home of the Painted Bride. The mosaic was dismantled in 2023.
* Walls.
* 39.955725,-75.143950 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing,
Mosaic
* See also:
+phillymagicgardens.org article about this piece
+phillymagicgardens.org
