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Content: Mirrors
Looking-Glass
Robert Woodward (aka Peanutbutter),
2012
* abstract forms,
actual mirrors
* You can enter the station from any of the corners.
Parts of the piece, shown here, are visible from the mezzanine level through the bars.
Much more of it is visible from the platform if you pay the fare.
* Downstairs.
Broad-Girard Station.
Northwest corner, Broad and Girard.
* 39.971620,-75.159815 [map] [nearby]
* On the Temple Southwest tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Broad-Girard Station page
Beneficial Savings Fund Society Building
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1916
* reliefs of Mercury
and
Venus
* small
kneeling people,
headgear,
mirror,
flaming
torch,
plants,
birds
* East wall and North entrance.
Thomas R. Kline Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Southwest corner, 12th and Chestnut.
* 39.950350,-75.160250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Horace Trumbauer page
+wikipedia.org's Mercury page
+wikipedia.org's Venus page
+drexel.edu's Kline Institute page
Trust Deli Tree of Life
2001
* abstract
plant
(tree of life)
with actual mirrors
* Wall.
Southwest corner, 26th and Brown.
* 39.970260,-75.179800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fairmount tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic
Central Terrace Medallions
* small
urn,
sitting person,
plants,
snakes,
weapons,
mirror,
clouds,
flames,
sun,
lion,
standing person,
headgear,
books,
owl,
hand,
ship,
flag
* inscription:
Justitia, Prudentia, Amor Patriea, Abundantia, Potestas
* Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* 39.973600,-75.190800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
Bonwit Teller Building
Bella Abdallah,
1927 (approximate)
* small
urns,
cats,
birds,
standing
people,
seated
cherubs,
pens and books,
mirrors,
face,
Egyptian headpiece,
flame
* Artist attribution is from philadelphiabuildings.org
* Entrance.
Southwest corner, 17th and Chestnut.
* 39.951430,-75.169000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
