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Content: Lightning
Lightning Bolts
Harold Kimmelman,
1973 (installed)
* lightning bolts
* Courtyard.
Northeast side of Baynton, Southeast of Rittenhouse.
* 40.040100,-75.173035 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
Western Union Logo
William Welles Bosworth (Architect),
1922
* small
bas-relief map of the world,
lightning bolts,
Western Union logo
* Wall.
North side of Locust, West of 11th.
* 39.947650,-75.159550 [map] [nearby]
* On the Gayborhood tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building
+wikipedia.org's Western Union page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's William Welles Bosworth page
Bolt of Lightning
Isamu Noguchi,
1984
* Representation of an act of Benjamin Franklin
* big
kite,
lightening,
key
* Despite the sidewalk and stairs in front of this piece there is no safe way to reach it on foot. The webmaster recommends observing it from the West side of 6th.
* At the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
6th and Vine.
* 39.955450,-75.148750 [map] [nearby]
* On the Independence Mall tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+noguchi.org
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin Bridge 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
