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Penn's Landing Tour

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This tour starts at Rivers Edge Park which is at Front and Vine or Front and Water depending on the map. From there we go

South along Water/Front to the Ben Franklin Bridge
East to Columbus
South under the Bridge to Race
back to and across Columbus
South on Columbus to the Market overpass stairs
up the stairs
West on the overpass to 2nd
East on Market to Front
South on Front to Chestnut
across Chestnut to the Irish Memorial
West on Chestnut to and across 2nd
back across 2nd
South on 2nd to Dock
Southeast on Dock to the war memorials
across Columbus at Dock to Penns Landing again
South on Penns Landing past South Street
back to South and across the bridge

	*Unidentifed* * small abstract * North end of Rivers Edge Park. Front and Vine. * 39.956200,-75.140450 [map] * Exhibits: Unidentified
	*The Wall is a Window* Ken Clark, Richard Committa, Woody Stange, 1979 * big sun * Also listed as "The Wall As a Window" * Wall. Rivers Edge Park. Front and Vine. * 39.955550,-75.140425 [map] * See also: +Entry for this piece at 2arts.com
	*Great Seals of Cities and States* Paul Philippe Cret, Leon Hermant, 1926 * big Seals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, standing people, arm, scales and plow, ship, basket, fruit, scroll, horses, eagle * The Philadelphia and Pennsylvania seals are in Philadelphia. The Camden and New Jersey seals (not pictured) are in Camden. * Bridge anchorages. Ben Franklin Bridge. West of Columbus on Race and South of Vine on Water. * 39.954225,-75.140300 [map] * See also: +The Paul Philippe Cret Collection at upenn.edu +wikipedia.org's Leon Hermant page
	*Riverwalk* Andrew Liecester, 1990 * heads, standing people, horses, fish, mermaids * Most of this piece has disappeared. Only the part in the first picture with the small human heads remains. * Pier 3, North of Market and Penn's Landing. * 39.950125,-75.140500 [map] * Exhibits: Missing
	*Birds in Flight* Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr., 1985 * abstract birds * Parking lot, North side of Market between Front and 2nd, North of the ramp. * 39.950175,-75.142850 [map]
	*Tamanend* Raymond Sandoval, 1995 * Statue of Tamanend * big standing person wearing a hat, eagle, turtle * inscription: In honor of the contributions of Native American Indians - the ancestors, the elders, this generation and the generations to come - this sculpture commemorates Tamanend, a Sakima, of the Lenni-Lenape Nation who resided in the Delaware Valley when Philadelphia or "Coaquannok" was established. Tamanend stands on a turtle, which represents Mother Earth. The eagle, a reverend messenger of Great Spirit, has a wampum belt in its grasp. This belt recognizes the friendship treaty under the Sackomaxen elm between William Penn ("Mikwon"), Tamanend ("The Affable One") and other leaders of the Lenni-Lenape Nation. It reads "to live in peace as long as the waters are in the rivers and creeks and as long as the stars and moon endure." Penn dealt with the Lenni-Lenape people when he came to the land given him by the King of England. He bought the land from the Lenni-Lenape through a number of treaties. Tamanend was one of the Sakimas who played a prominent role as a welcoming delegate on Penn's arrival in 1682 and in the early treaties of 1683 and 1692. Tamanend was considered the patron saint of America by the colonists prior to American Independence. Tamanend day was celebrated annually on May 1st in Philadelphia and bells were rung in his honor. * Front and Market. * 39.949735,-75.142000 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites, Religious * See also: +Joey Blue's picture of this piece +raymondsandoval.com
	*Irish Memorial* Glenna Goodacre, 2002 (opened late 2003) * small group of people standing, lying and sitting, grave stones, crosses, shovel, part of a ship, luggage, cane, hats * inscription: Remembrance The hunger ended but it never went away It was there in silent memories, from one generation to the next, The time to take away the silence has come, to commemorate, to mourne what was lost to celebrate what survives - without apology or fear. We have it in our power not only to remember what took place but to relive it... To find in the hungry and lost, not a different race... but the faces of our ancestors... An image of ourselves. Peter Quinn * Southeast corner, Front and Chestnut. * 39.947850,-75.142050 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +Artist's site for this piece +glennagoodacre.com
	*Treasury Building* 1932 * people sitting and kneeling, face, farming, navigation, and artist tools, ship, buildings, rope, ox and bison, staff, food, birds, globe, plants, dolphin border * Whole building. South side of Chestnut, West of 2nd. * 39.948300,-75.144185 [map] * Exhibits: Unidentified * See also: +philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
	*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. * Plaza. East side of Second Street between Chestnut and Walnut. * 39.947300,-75.143975 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +ushistory.org page for this piece +picture of this piece from about.com +Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates +wikipedia.org's William Penn page
	*The Final Farewell* Lorann Jacobs, 2007 * small person kneeling, weapons, helmet * 38th Parallel Place (near Front, Dock, and Spruce). * 39.945040,-75.143575 [map] * Exhibits: War * See also: +lorannjacobs.com
	*Philadelphia Korean War Memorial* 2002 * Letter from Kim Dae-jung * emblems and historical text, map, pictures of people, free-standing walls, relief busts, headgear * a row of ground-mounted plaques (in the last four pictures) has been added on the North side of the piece since the original installation * 38th Parallel Place (near Front, Dock, and Spruce). * 39.944910,-75.143450 [map] * Exhibits: War * See also: +Philadelphia Korean War Memorial website +wikipedia.org's Kim Dae-jung page
	*Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial* Perry M. Morgan, 1987 * ideas, ideals and logos map, people standing, crouching, helmets, weapons, airplanes and helicopters, plants, buildings * inscription: The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial is designed to honor those who served in all branches of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. The memorial pays tribute to the 80,000 Philadelphia Vietnam Era Veterans who served our country in our nation's longest war. By honoring these veterans the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial separates the warrior from the war, focuses on the valor and sacrifice of those patriots, and gives each of them a place in history. It is our duty to remember the gallant Americans whose names grace this wall. They sacrificed their lives in the service of our country during the Vietnam War 1964-1975. For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. * Plaza. Southeast Corner, Front and Spruce. * 39.943910,-75.142825 [map] * Exhibits: War, African American
	*Philadelphia Beirut Memorial* Douglas Corsini, 1985 * Memorial to Cpl. Moses Arnold, Jr., Sgt. John J. Bonk, Jr., Cpl. Thomas A. Hairston, Sgt. Gilbert Hanton, Cpl. John F. Muffler, Sgt. Rafael Pomales-Torres, Pfc. Rui Manuel A. Relvas, Cpl. Louis J. Rotondo and Sgt. Allen D. Wesley * eagle, 3D USMC logo, globe, anchor * Was at Penn's Landing on the North side of the Seaport Museum. Moved prior to 2010. The last picture is from the original location. * inscription: In Memoriam to the Philadelphia Marine Casualties of the Beirut Peace Keeping Mission. If you forget my death then I died in vain. October 23, 1983, 241 servicemen killed in the Beirut Terrorist Bombing. Dedicated October 20, 1985 * Walkway North and East of Front and Spruce. * 39.944885,-75.142660 [map] * Exhibits: Moved, War
	*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] * See also: +Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates +wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page
	*Five Spouts, Frog, and Lintel* 1100 - 1300 * elephant, unidentified creatures * This piece is all that's left of the International Sculpture Garden installed in 1976. The fountain no longer works. * Columbus at Dock Street. * 39.944250,-75.141550 [map]
	*World War II Submariners Memorial* 1996 * submarine and actual parts of submarines, actual anchor, actual torpedo * inscription: (excerpts from three plaques) Still on Patrol U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are board these 52 U.S. submarines still on "patrol." We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy, while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds. -Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz, U.S.N. I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to avenge their deaths. -Vice Admiral C.A. Lockwood, Jr., U.S.N. Commander Submarine Force 1943-1946 U.S.S. Trigger - S.S. 237 Commissioned January 30, 1942 Lost on patrol March 28, 1945 Still On Patrol In memory of the brave submariners who gave their lives in peace-time for their country * Penn's Landing between Dock and South. * 39.943700,-75.141300 [map] * Exhibits: War
	*Pennsylvania National Guard Monument* 1997 * Monument to a group organized by Benjamin Franklin * small lion, sword and shield, keystone * inscription: The rampant lion. Crest of the PA National Guard. 1747 1997 Near this site the Associators, a group of citizen-soldiers organized by Benjamin Franklin and predecessor to the modern Pennsylvania National Guard, established the first Pennsylvania military installation to defend the colony and the port of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania National Guard dedicates this monument to those patriots on our two hundredth anniversary. * Penn's Landing between Dock and South. * 39.941850,-75.141325 [map] * See also: +The Electric Franklin
	*Open Air Aquarium* Magdalena Abakanowicz, 2003 * abstract fish * East side of Columbus Boulevard just below South. * 39.939200,-75.141975 [map] * See also: +www.abakanowicz.art.pl
	*Stroll* William King, 1995 * big people standing * South Street Footbridge. South between Front and Columbus. * 39.940850,-75.143150 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's William King page

Possible trip extension: Lombard-South (at Front and South)
Possible trip extension: Society Hill (North on Front to Pine)

Penn's Landing Tour

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