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Park Towne Place West Fountain
* abstract
fountain
* Plaza.
Southwest side of the driveway, Park Towne Place.
South side of the Parkway, West of 22nd.
* 39.960640,-75.177490 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+parktowneapthomes.com
Stinger
John Parker,
2005
* abstract
insect
* West corner of the driveway, Park Towne Place.
South side of the Parkway, West of 22nd.
* 39.961020,-75.177810 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+publicartarchive.org's page for this piece
+publicartarchive.org's John Parker page
+parktowneapthomes.com
Park Towne Place East Fountain
* abstract
fountain
* Plaza.
South corner of the driveway, Park Towne Place.
South side of the Parkway, West of 22nd.
* 39.960670,-75.176755 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+parktowneapthomes.com
Big Daddylonglegs
John Parker,
2015
* big
abstract
insect
* North corner of the driveway, Park Towne Place.
South side of the Parkway, West of 22nd.
* 39.961340,-75.177140 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+publicartarchive.org's page for this piece
+publicartarchive.org's John Parker page
+parktowneapthomes.com
Maja
Gerhard Marcks,
1942 (installed 2021)
* standing person
* Removed from in front of the Art Museum 1992, in storage until 2021
* Maja Park in front of Park Towne Place.
South side of the Parkway, West of 22nd.
* 39.961250,-75.176020 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Gerhard Marcks page
+publicartarchive.org's Gerhard Marcks page
+parktowneapthomes.com
stikmen (22nd and Parkway)
stikman
* small
abstract
standing people,
peace sign
* Crosswalk.
North side of 22nd and the Parkway.
* 39.961665,-75.17500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Peace and Love
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's stikman page
The Thinker
Auguste Rodin,
1904 (cast 1919, installed 1929)
* seated person
* In front of the Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961510,-75.174535 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+rodinmuseum.org's page for this piece
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
Boy Scouts of America Building
Charles Zeller Klauder (Architect),
1929
* logos, insignia, and mottoes,
lion's head,
shields,
stars,
birds,
bison,
tools,
tent,
anchor,
torch,
flowers
* inscription:
Youth Prepared Safeguards the Nation
Founded MCMX
This house dedicated to the training
of boys for youthful citizenship. Was
built by the Boy Scouts and their friends.
Erected MXMXXIX
On my honor I will do my best
to do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the scout law.
* Whole building..
Southeast corner, 22nd and Winter. One block South of the Parkway.
* 39.958850,-75.175300 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+www.philadelphiabuildings.org's Charles Zeller Klauder page
Adam
Auguste Rodin,
1880 - 1881 (cast 1925)
* Statue of Adam
* standing person
* West side of the gateway wall.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961675,-75.174500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+rodinmuseum.org entry for this piece
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+wikipedia.org's Adam page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
Reproduction of parts of the Chateau d'Issy
Pierre Bullet (Architect),
Conkling-Armstrong Terra Cotta Company,
Paul Philippe Cret (Architect),
1929
* seated and reclining
people
(cherubs,
unfinished headless person),
head scarf,
scales and other tools,
plants,
musical instrument
* philadelphiabuildings.org lists both Conkling-Armstrong and Benedict Stone Corp. as being involved in the construction of the building. Conkling-Armstrong seems the more likely to have done the detail for this piece. Title and year from the Museum's entry for this piece. The Museum lists Cret and Jacques Greber as the architects.
* inscription:
This architectural fragment is a reproduction
of parts of the old Chateau Dissy
re-erected by Auguste Rodin at Meudon, France
near the studio where most of his work was done.
This replica of the Rodin Memorial
at Meudon was chosen by Jules E. Mastbaum
for the gateway to the Museum.
* Entrance.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961600,-75.174400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's Chateau d'Issy page
+rodinmuseum.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Pierre Bullet page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Conkling-Armstrong Terra Cotta Company page
+wikipedia.org's Paul Philippe Cret page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
The Shade
Auguste Rodin,
1881 - 1904 (cast 1923)
* standing person
* East side of the gateway wall.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961525,-75.174300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+rodinmuseum.org's entry for this piece
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
Rodin Museum Fountain
Paul Philippe Cret (Architect),
1929
* small
head,
fountain
* In front of the Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961750,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+Daniel Berek's picture of this piece at flickr.com
+strayolive's picture of this piece at flickr.com
+wikipedia.org's Paul Philippe Cret page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
The Gates of Hell
Auguste Rodin,
1880 - 1917 (cast 1926-1928, installed 1929)
* groups of people,
partial,
standing,
sitting, kneeling, crouching, and horizontal,
furniture,
rocks
* Entrance.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961850,-75.174050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+rodinmuseum.org's page for this piece
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
Eve
Auguste Rodin,
1881 (cast 1925)
* Statue of Eve
* standing person
* East side of the front wall.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961775,-75.173950 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+rodinmuseum.org's page for this piece
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+wikipedia.org's Eve page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
The Age of Bronze
Auguste Rodin,
1877 (cast 1925)
* standing person
* West side of the front wall.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961875,-75.174050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+rodinmuseum.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's The Age of Bronze page
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
The Three Shades
Auguste Rodin,
1886 (enlarged 1904, cast 1983)
* three men
standing
* West side of the Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.962050,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's The Three Shades page
+Wally Gobetz's picture of this piece at flickr.com
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
+wikipedia.org's Rodin Museum page
Board of Education Building
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
Jules Melidon,
1930
* Busts of Alexander Graham Bell,
Benjamin Franklin,
Robert Fulton,
Stephen Girard,
Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln,
John Marshall,
William Penn,
William Shakespeare,
Thaddeus Stevens
and
Daniel Webster
* groups of people,
people standing,
people sitting and kneeling,
winged people,
heads,
books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements,
linked BE logo,
eagles,
scarf,
staff,
buildings,
tools,
urns, jugs,
ship,
hourglass,
lamp, light fixtures,
plants,
sun,
globes
* There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. More busts, not pictured and not easily visible, are on the East and West sides of the building. The School District no longer occupies the building.
* Building.
Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter.
* 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Graham Bell page
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin page
+wikipedia.org's Robert Fulton page
+wikipedia.org's Stephen Girard page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
+wikipedia.org's John Marshall page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Thaddeus Stevens page
+wikipedia.org's Daniel Webster page
