Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Welcome to Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net
My personal collection of pictures of 1,214 Philadelphia sculptures, reliefs, mosaics, light displays, fountains, and memorials including signs, gates, fences, streets, sidewalks and other architectural features, with
- indices for titles, artists, years, people, landmarks, architecture and content
- 16 exhibits
- 36 tours with both list and map views
- a nearby feature with geolocation support
- thumbnails that link to the larger pictures
- locations with latitude, longitude and [map] links
- underlined internal links to related and listed entries
- underlined external links (preceded with a +) for artists, artworks, people, and landmarks
- a read-only JSON API for building your own applications or data mining
Recent Updates
11/4/2024 | Updated the entry for The Rob Morris Entrance with newly found information |
11/1/2024 | Added the Church of the Holy Child Entrance |
11/1/2024 | Fixed all external links for artists: removed dead links, changed all http to https where https is supported, tried to standardize link text formats |
10/23/2024 | Added J. Otto Schweizer's James Bartram Nicholson |
10/18/2024 | Added 6 pieces to the Moved Exhibit that have phillyhistory.org pictures at previous locations |
10/18/2024 | All links on the Resources page have been converted to https |
10/17/2024 | Changed all external links associated with individual Titles to https where https was supported. |
10/10/2024 | Checked all external Landmark link texts: included domain names, changed all "MFL" to "L" and removed "Branch" from all library names. |
10/10/2024 | Checked all external Landmark links: removed or replaced dead and moved institutions, fixed dead links, and changed http to https where supported. |
9/28/2024 | Added 2 artist attributions to the Bicentennial Bell |