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Powelton Village Playground Entrance
2000
* abstract
arch,
live plants
* Entrance.
Powelton Village Playground.
Northeast corner, 35th and Powelton.
* 39.960150,-75.192325 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
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
Northminster Presbyterian Lions
Thomas Webb Richards (Architect),
1875
* small
lion heads
* Entrance.
Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Southwest corner, 35th and Baring.
* 39.961075,-75.192945 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+old.poweltonvillage.org's page for building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Thomas Webb Richards page
+mbcphila.org
St. Andrew's Episcopal Gargoyles
Wilson Brothers and Company (Architects),
1883
* small
dragons
* South and East walls.
Church of St. Andrew and St. Monica.
West side of 36th, South of Baring.
* 39.960600,-75.194050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Wilson Brothers and Company page
+ssandrewmonica.org
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
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* Originally in a park on the South side of Market just East of 32nd which has been replaced by a building.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
The Summer Winter Community Garden Arch
* arch,
sign
* Summer Winter Community Garden.
Northeast corner, 33rd and Race.
* 39.959000,-75.189000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+summerwintergarden.org
Summer Winter Community Garden Mosaic
* sun,
plants,
functional bench
* Summer Winter Community Garden.
Northeast corner, 33rd and Race.
* 39.958950,-75.189050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists,
Mosaic
* See also:
+summerwintergarden.org
Flame
Sherl Joseph Winter,
1968
* flame,
fountain
* Originally in the main quad between Market and Chestnut, 32nd and 33rd. Moved 2006. The first picture is from the original location, the second picture is from the new location off, and the third picture is from the new location on.
* On the campus of Drexel University.
Southeast corner 33rd and Race.
* 39.958690,-75.189050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+winterartstudio.com
+inquirer.com obituary for Sherl Joseph Winter
+drexel.edu
