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Content: Bears
Family of Bears
Sherl Joseph Winter,
1966
* small
bears
* The black and white picture of the webmaster climbing on this piece is copyright Joan Anderson, 1972
* Delancey (Three Bears) Park.
Delancey between 3rd and 4th.
* 39.944150,-75.148000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Society Hill tour
* See also:
+winterartstudio.com
+inquirer.com obituary for Sherl Joseph Winter
+threebearspark.org
Three Bears
George Papashvily,
1966
* small
bears
* Visible through the fence
* Courtyard.
Behind the Fox Chase Library.
North side of Rhawn St. East of Jeannes.
* 40.076700,-75.081750 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lower Northeast tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's George Papashvily page
+freelibrary.org's Fox Chase Library page
Bear
Dexter Jones,
1968
* small
bear
* East side of 11th, just North of Cecil B. Moore.
* 39.978100,-75.152400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Temple Campus tour
* See also:
+woodmereartmuseum.org's Dexter Jones page
+nationalsculpture.org's Dexter Jones Award
Grizzly Bear
Eric Berg,
1983
* small
bear
* West end of Fitler Square.
23rd and Pine.
* 39.947600,-75.180050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fitler Square tour
* See also:
+bergbronze.com's page for this piece
+bergbronze.com
+fitlersquare.org
+tclf.org's Fitler Square page
Bear
2008
* painted bear
* Parking lot entrance, Southeast side of Southampton, Northeast of Germantown.
* 40.074535,-75.202960 [map] [nearby]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
Bear Bench
2008
* painted bear
bench
* The hat is not original to the piece.
* North corner, Germantown and Southampton.
* 40.074375,-75.203490 [map] [nearby]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour
Central Post
1850 (approximate)
* bird,
bear
* Formerly at Penn's Landing at Dock Street. Removed when the hotel was built (approximately 2001)
* Exhibits: Missing,
Religious
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's International Sculpture Garden page includes this piece (listed as House Post)
Warwick Apartments
Price and McLanahan Architects,
1901
* small
chained
bear,
ragged staff
(symbols of Warwickshire)
* Over the entrance.
South side of Sansom, West of 19th.
* 39.951150,-75.172760 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+chivalheraldry.co.uk West Midlands page
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for Price and McLanahan Architects
The Washington Monument
Rudolf Siemering,
1897 (restored 1997)
* Monument to George Washington
* big
fountains,
groups of people,
standing people,
sitting and reclining people,
alligator,
bears,
birds,
bison and oxen,
elk and moose,
fish,
horses,
snake,
plants,
shells,
weapons,
drum,
net,
hats,
Pennsylvania State Seal
* Moved to the current location in 1928. Originally at "The Green Street Entrance to Fairmount Park" which on a 1911 map of Philadelphia (which shows the location of the monument) is where 25th and Green would have intersected, which is about 600 feet North and slightly West from where it is now.
* West end of Eakins Oval.
Parkway at 24th.
* 39.964250,-75.179150 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites,
Moved
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1911 picture of this piece at the original location
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece at the current location
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+1911 map of Philadelphia at philageohistory.org
+wikipedia.org's Rudolf Siemering page
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page
+wikipedia.org's Eakins Oval page
City Hall, North Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* people sitting,
people standing,
partial people,
groups of people,
horse head,
seal of the city,
ship,
plow,
cattle head,
bear head,
lion or tiger head,
elephant head
* This pavilion was the first of the four to be cleaned and lit. Standing in this one small portion of the building you can sense the incredible amount of work that went into the building's sculpture.
* Part of the whole building's art.
North entrance City Hall.
South side of JFK at Broad.
* 39.953000,-75.163400 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
