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Artist: Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch)
Ghost Structures
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
1976
* Representation of houses belonging to Benjamin Franklin
* big
buildings
* At the time this piece was built the firm was named Venturi and Rauch.
* Franklin Court.
Between 3nd and 4th, Market and Chestnut, entrances on Market and Chestnut.
* 39.949650,-75.146525 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* See also:
+The Electric Franklin
+ushistory.org's Franklin Court tour page
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
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
Columbus Monument
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
1992
* Monument to Christopher Columbus
* big
abstract
obelisk,
pennant,
biographical text
* At the time this piece was built the firm was named Venturi, Scott Brown
* inscription:
1492-1992
Charismatic Leader, Navigator, Mathematician, Cartographer
Cinquecento Anniversary
Columbus, intrepid navigator, with a sense of the sea unparalleled
before or after him. A native son of Genoa, he became through
his dedication to a dream, an honored hero of history.
His keen intellect, abiding faith, and undaunted persistence
made him a giant among men of this millenium.
* Columbus at Dock Street.
* 39.944650,-75.141500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page
Wynn Commons Sign
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
2001
* Named for Steve Wynn
* big
Penn logo,
sign
* At the time this piece was installed the firm was named Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
* East end of Wynn Commons. Northwest corner of Irvine Auditorium. North side of Spruce, West of 34th..
* 39.951090,-75.193215 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Steve Wynn page
Welcome to Main Street Manayunk Sign
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
2002
* idea
sign
* At the time this piece was installed the firm was named Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
* Main at Ridge.
* 40.015615,-75.209110 [map] [nearby]
* On the Manayunk tour
