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Powelton Tour

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This tour runs through the Powelton neighborhood, North and South of Powelton Avenue, including the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center campus and the North edge of the Drexel University campus, ending at the Spring Garden Bridge. From the Southeast corner of 40th and Powelton we go



Two Hands
Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr., 1973
* hands
* South side of Powelton, East of 40th (Northeast corner of the apartment complex), completely surrounded by a tree.
* 39.959075,-75.201275 [map]


Phoenix Tree
Christopher T. Ray, 1975
* big abstract plant, partial person, bird
* In the traffic circle of the Presbyterian Medical Center. North and East of 39th and Filbert.
* 39.958550,-75.199000 [map]
* See also:
+chrisray.com

Tribute to Nursing
Cathy Hopkins, 1989
* small people, one standing, one sitting
* inscription:
In honor of
Our Nurses
Past, Present and Future
Genorously donated by
Presbyterian's Nursing Alumni
and
Ladies Aid Society
May 6, 1989
 * North side of the traffic circle of the Presbyterian Medical Center. East and North of 39th and Filbert.
* 39.958740,-75.199000 [map]
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+Cathy Hopkins' Fleisher Art Memorial Faculty page
+Cathy Hopkins' Center City Karate Chief Instructor page



Consultation
J. Seward Johnson, Jr.
* small people standing
* Campus of the Presbyterian Medical Center. East and North of 39th and Filbert.
* 39.958150,-75.198750 [map]
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+sewardjohnson.com


Re:flection
Jeffrey Manuel (aka Jefre), 2010
* abstract steles, actual plants
* Northwest corner, 38th and Powelton.
* 39.959700,-75.196800 [map]
* See also:
+article about this piece from planphilly.com


Powel Elementary School Mosaics
1961 (year of building)
* abstract
* Entrance. Samuel Powel Elementary School. Northeast Corner, 36th and Powelton.
* 39.960075,-75.193650 [map]


Black Bottom Memorial Wall
Andrea Zamel, 1999
* map, heart and hands symbol, standing people, sitting person, bulldozer, houses, weapons, flag
* a collaberative project with Penn and University City High School students
* inscription:
The Black Bottom was a predominately African American community that once existed between 32nd Street and 40th Street and between Walnut Street and Lancaster Avenue. Within these boundaries was a community based on loyalty, trust, and respect. It was born of economic adversity but based on love. Their love was for their community and its members and they cared for each other as family. Everyone was helpful to one another. The children were raised together. With pride in their hearts and pride for their community prejudice was a stranger to the people of the Black Bottom. The walls of the community were torn down to make way for "Urban Renewal." However the sense of community was planted in the hearts of the members proving that a community can thrive even in a field of barren ground. Resistance did not prevent their neighborhood from being physically destroyed but resistance preserved it in their memories even today. The community still meets every year on the last Sunday in August for the Black Bottom Reunion at Fairmount Park. It is the largest neighborhood gathering in the history of Philadelphia.
We were like a big family, close together until the bulldozers of urban renewal came around. They tore down our neighborhood - but not our spirits! The Black Bottom still is home in our hearts.
We fought to protect our neighborhood and our country.
 * Wall. Southeast corner of University City High School. West side of 36th, North of Filbert.
* 39.957425,-75.194200 [map]
* Exhibits: War, African American
* See also:
+artist's page for this piece
+andreazamel.com

Gatekeepers
Andrea Zamel, 1998
* big hand, book
* a collaberative project with Penn and University City High School students
* inscription: Knowledge is Power
 * Southeast corner of University City High School. West side of 36th, North of Market.
* 39.957350,-75.194225 [map]
* Exhibits: African American
* See also:
+artist's page for this piece
+andreazamel.com


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]
* See also:
+Lark Lucas page at unm.edu

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]
* Exhibits: Moved


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. Southwest corner 33rd and Race.
* 39.958690,-75.189050 [map]
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+winterartstudio.com

Puma
Eric Berg, 1983
* small puma
* Visible through the fence
* Playground of the Caring Center. North side of Spring Garden, West of 31st.
* 39.963625,-75.187800 [map]
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+artist's picture of this piece at its original location
+Eric Berg Studios


Caring Center Frogs and Tadpoles
Friday Architects/Planners, 1992
* big frogs
* These are separate cutouts, not painted on.
* Walls. Caring Center. Northwest corner, 31st and Spring Garden.
* 39.963450,-75.187600 [map]
* See also:
+Friday Architects/Planners

Possible trip extension: Museum Grounds (across the Spring Garden Bridge)

See Also

+The Caring Center
+Drexel University
+Presbyterian Medical Center
+Samuel Powel Elementary School