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Powel Elementary School Mosaics
1961 (year of building)
* abstract mosaics
* Entrance. Samuel Powel Elementary School (old building). Northeast Corner, 36th and Powelton.
* 39.960075,-75.193650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists, Mosaic

Corp. James J. Cochran VFW Post 251 Memorial
* Named for James J. Cochran
* small VFW emblem, eagles, arrows and shield, olive branch
* The VFW Post, which has since closed, was named for Cochran in 1919. Whether this was intended as a memorial to Cochran in particular or a tribute to all the members of the Post is unclear.
* inscription:
Corp. James J. Cochran
Post No. 251
Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States
* North side of the triangle at 37th, Powelton, and Lancaster.
* 39.959610,-75.195335 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists, War
* See also:
+findagrave.com's John J. Cochran page

Ascendance
Studio Cooke John, 2024
* big abstract curved lines, ideas
* According to the artist's Instagram page the soundscape plays every day at noon. You might want to time your visit accordingly.
* inscription: (partial)
a block party is like a rowhome
like a stoop like a porch
is a symbol of the people philly belongs to
we made the bottom the top
in another time, in another space
a planet where our dreams made sense
philly is nobody's business
and yet it's all of ours
if this street could talk
its vernacular of venango and vine
philly belongs to the gingko trees and the kids who spraypainted the bridges
* Pavilion. Northwest of the Northwest corner, 37th and Cuthbert.
* 39.957895,-75.195685 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of Technology tour
* Exhibits: New, Black Lives
* See also:
+American Galvanizer's Association page for this piece at galvanizeit.org
+article about this piece at muralarts.org
+cookejohn.com

Bench Form
Thomas Sternal, 1990
* bench, abstract background
* Originally in a park on the South side of Market just East of 32nd which has been replaced by a building. The first picture is from the original location. The current location was a small park underneath the Katherine Drexel mural (not visible in the second picture), but the building with the mural was torn down leaving the piece much more in the open.
* On the campus of Drexel University. Southeast of 34th and Race..
* 39.958450,-75.190400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com's Thomas Sternal obituary
+drexel.edu