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Signs
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Arts Bank Sign * name sign * On the roof. Arts Bank. Southeast corner Broad and South. * 39.943500,-75.165300 [map] * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified |
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Morgan's Jazz Night Club Sign * partial standing people, musical instruments, sign * Front wall. North side of Price, just East of Germantown. * 40.037125,-75.175150 [map] * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified, African American |
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Philadelphia and the Schuylkill * signs, sheep, locomotive, machines and tools, basket and barrel, buildings, maps, plants, food * an outdoor history exhibit with artistic elements * Schuylkill Banks between the Waterworks and the Spring Garden Bridge. * 39.965325,-75.183450 [map] * On the Museum Grounds tour. |
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Packard Building Sign Samuel Yellin, 1924 (year on sign) * small standing, kneeling people, tools, scroll, staff, oar, plants, lamps, eagle, lion's head, seashell, urns, griffins, sign * Yellin is not listed anywhere as the artist for the sign, but he is listed as the metal worker for the building * West Entrance. Packard Building. East side of 15th, South of Chestnut. * 39.950650,-75.165650 [map] * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.orgs's Samuel Yellin page +Samuel Yellin Metal Workers +philadelphiabuildings.org's Packard Building entry |
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Suburban Station Clock 1930 * clock, sign * Best observed from the East side of 16th * 16th Street entrance. Suburban Station. West side of 16th, North of JFK. * 39.954150,-75.166750 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +artistic views of the clock at tracyelizabethsmith.com +wikipedia.org's Suburban Station page |
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Untitled (Lucas) Lark Lucas, 1982 * people standing, sitting, hats, umbrellas, food, musical instruments, machines and tools, balloons, airplanes, signs, buildings, plants, birds, elephant, giraffe, camel * visible through the fence * Walls. North side of Filbert, West of 34th. * 39.956900,-75.192250 [map] * On the Powelton tour. * See also: +Lark Lucas page at unm.edu |
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Falling Star Relief Charles Madden, 1983 * Tribute to Louis Kahn * abstract falling star symbol, sign * Louis I. Kahn Memorial Park. Northwest corner, 11th and Pine. * 39.945050,-75.160250 [map] * On the Gayborhood tour. * See also: +wikimedia.org picture of this piece +Charles Madden +wikipedia.org's Louis Kahn page +Friends of Louis I. Kahn Park |
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The Sign Boy Tom Miles, 1994 * small standing boy, sign, hat, dog * East side of Juniper, South of Market. * 39.951450,-75.162750 [map] * On the City Hall tour. * See also: +Miles and Generalis, Inc. |
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Wilma Theater Sign Hugh Hardy, 1996 * big name sign * Front wall. Wilma Theater. East side of Broad, North of Spruce. * 39.947210,-75.164565 [map] * On the Avenue of the Arts tour. * See also: +h3hc.com +Wilma Theater |
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Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility Isaiah Zagar, 1997 * big abstract sign, ideas * Wall. West side of 23rd between Fairmount and Aspen. * 39.967840,-75.175400 [map] * On the Fairmount tour. * See also: +Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility +philadelphiasmagicgardens.org |
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Hard Rock Cafe Guitar 1998 * big guitar sign * Above the entrance. Northeast corner, 12th and Market. * 39.952075,-75.159750 [map] * On the Convention District tour. |
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Tabernacle United Church Signs Lynn Denton, 1999 * signs, religious symbols and imagery, boat, Earth, food, sitting and standing people, birds, plants, musical instruments, sheep, hands, water * tiles painted by the congregation * Tabernacle United Church. Southwest corner, 37th and Chestnut. * 39.954800,-75.196650 [map] * On the Avenue of Technology tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Peace and Love * See also: +lynnbdenton.com +City Paper article about Lynn Denton +Tabernacle United Church |
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Spring Gardens Fence 2001 (approximate) * plants, birds, spring, sign * Fence and gates. Spring Gardens. Around the block bounded by 18th, 19th, Wallace and North. * 39.966200,-75.168750 [map] * On the Fairmount tour. * Exhibits: Unidentified |
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Addams Family Silhouette 2003 * Reference to the work of Charles Addams * small people standing, sign * Originally installed in the courtyard behind the gates. * Wall. Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall. West side of 36th between Walnut and Locust Walk. * 39.953000,-75.194950 [map] * On the Penn Campus tour. * Exhibits: Moved * See also: +Charles Addams bio from westfieldnj.com +Charles Addams bio from toonpedia.com +Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall |
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We the People Ian Bader, Henry N. Cobb, 2003 (year of building) * big preamble to the Constitution, sign * inscription: We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty for the United States of America. to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution * Wall. Constitution Center. West side of 5th, North of Arch. * 39.953275,-75.148700 [map] * On the Independence Mall tour. * See also: +pfcandp.com page for the building +Ian Bader +Henry N. Cobb +Constitution Center |
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Campbell Square Arch Warren C. Holzman, 2004 * partial people, tools, church, ship, train, sun, plants, fish, arch, fleur de lis, sign * Campbell Square. Northeast side of Allegheny at Livingston. * 39.986025,-75.103875 [map] * On the Port Richmond tour. * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +ironstudioltd.com +Campbell Square information |
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Pretzel Warren C. Holzman, 2004 * big pretzel sign * South side of Pretzel Park. Silverwood and Cotton. * 40.025650,-75.221325 [map] * See also: +artist's picture of this piece +ironstudioltd.com +Pretzel Park |
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Continental Olive 2005 * big olive sign * Wall. Northwest corner, 18th and Chestnut. * 39.951750,-75.170450 [map] |
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Mosaic Project Mike Smash, 2005 * idea, stars, sign * Gate. East side of 10th, South of Cecil B. Moore. * 39.977550,-75.151000 [map] |
