Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Welcome to Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net
My personal collection of pictures of 1,226 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
- 37 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
1/11/2025 | Added the Flowered Arch at 2033 Chestnut |
1/9/2025 | Found a title and linkable pictures on James Lloyd's website for what is now listed as Morphic Opening |
1/4/2025 | Updated the New Exhibit with new entries and new pictures from January 1 2024 to January 4 2025 |
1/4/2025 | Added the Logan/Ogontz Tour with the last 11 pieces |
1/4/2025 | Added Brian Hanlon's Tom Gola |
1/3/2025 | Added external links to associationforpublicart.org for the 216 pieces that have pages on both sites, and identified 29 pieces that may meet the criteria for this site. Changed dates where the APA seems to have more exact information. |
12/28/2024 | |
12/27/2024 | Finished trying to identify artists, including architects, for pieces that did not have them. There are now 267 pieces without identified artists, mostly plaques and architectural features of undocumented buildings. |
12/23/2024 | |
12/18/2024 | Added an external article link to Artist: Peter Rockwell and changed titles on both his pieces based on the article. |