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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
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
Bolt of Lightning
Isamu Noguchi,
1984
* Representation of an act of Benjamin Franklin
* big
kite,
lightening,
key
* At the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
6th and Vine.
* 39.955450,-75.148750 [map] [nearby]
* On the Independence Mall tour
* See also:
+ushistory.org page for this piece
+noguchi.org
+The Electric 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
+The Electric Franklin