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Content: Arches

The Summer Winter Community Garden Arch
* arch, sign
* Summer Winter Community Garden. Northeast corner, 33rd and Race.
* 39.959000,-75.189000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+summerwintergarden.org

Frank Furness Gate
Frank Furness (Architect), 1876 (relocated 1886)
* arch, plants
* This piece is in very bad condition. The artist is listed elsewhere as an attribution. Reservoir Drive is labeled Strawberry Mansion Drive on Google.
* Gateway. Other side of Kelly Drive, North of Reservoir Drive.
* 39.995500,-75.191600 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Frank Furness page

21st Ward War Memorial
Herman Miller (Architect), 1918 (originally designed)
* closed arch, eagle
* inscription:
To the memory of the boys from the 21st Ward who lost their lives in the World War 1914-1918
Korean * World War II * Vietnam
Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends.
How sleep the brave who sink to rest by all their country's wishes blest. By fairy hands their knell is rung by unseen forms their dirge is sung.
All time will be the millennium of their glory.
* Along the Northwest edge of Gorgas Park. Ridge and Gates.
* 40.036750,-75.221000 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page with the architect's drawings of this piece
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Herman Miller page
+/roxboroughmanayunkconservancy.org's Gorgas Park page

Covenant
Alexander Liberman, 1974
* big abstract arch
* Spanning Locust Walk at 36th Street.
* 39.952700,-75.200600 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Liberman page

China Gate
Sabrina Soong, 1984
* big arch
* Spanning 10th Street, North of Arch.
* 39.953700,-75.156250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Convention District tour
* See also:
+legacy.com's Sabrina Soong obituary

Total Environment
Barbara Neijna, 1986
* big abstract arches, spires
* Plaza. East side of 6th, South of Walnut.
* 39.946125,-75.151000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Washington Square tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Barbara Neijna page

Synergy
Albert Paley, 1987
* big abstract implied arch
* Was an arch across the entrance to a parking lot, which was replaced with a new building in 2016. The piece was temporarily removed and then put back in its original location but a completely different context. The last two pictures are from 2017.
* Entrance (after the fact). West side of 18th, South of Spring Garden.
* 39.962500,-75.168100 [map] [nearby]
* On the Franklin Town tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+albertpaley.com

Powelton Village Playground Entrance
2000
* abstract arch, live plants
* Entrance. Powelton Village Playground. Northeast corner, 35th and Powelton.
* 39.960150,-75.192325 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified

Arches of Resurgence
Michael Morgan, 2013
* Reference to John Coltrane
* abstract arches, idea
* The inscription is based on the John Coltrane quote: "I've found you've got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light."
* inscription:
look back at the old things and see them
back at the old things and them in a
in a new light John Coltrane - look
* 33rd and Dauphin Bus Loop. Southeast corner, 33rd and Ridge.
* 39.992350,-75.186075 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+artist's page for this piece
+brickworksmichaelmorgan.com
+wikipedia.org's John Coltrane page
+whyy.org article about the 33rd and Dauphin Bus Loop

We Here
Roberto Lugo, 2024
* pottery-inspired arch decorated with symbols of Kensington residents
* visible through the fence
* Kensington Corridor Trust Garden. Northwest side of Kensington between H and I.
* 39.997625,-75.111920 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kensington tour
* See also:
+muralarts.org's page about this work
+robertolugostudio.com
+kctphilly.org

Cross
1969
* cross, arch
* Roof. University Lutheran. North of 37th and Chestnut.
* 39.955350,-75.196240 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+uniluphila.org

Wave Forms
Dennis Oppenheim, 2007
* big bells, arch
* Housing complex entrance. Northwest corner, 34th and Chestnut.
* 39.954600,-75.192200 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Dennis Oppenheim page

Big Ben at Franklin Town
Alexander L. Generalis, Tom Miles, 1992
* Bust of Benjamin Franklin
* big head, eyeglasses, lightning bolts, arch, kite, implied keys
* The eight seat-sized posts each have a letter inscribed on top, spelling out FRANKLIN.
* Bridge over I-676. 17th and Vine.
* 39.958450,-75.167100 [map] [nearby]
* On the Franklin Town tour
* See also:
+milesstudios.info
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin

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] [nearby]
* On the Kensington tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Labor, Mass Transit
* See also:
+ironstudioltd.com