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Landmark: Claire M. Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.. On the University City South Medical Complex tour.
Philadelphia General Hospital Plaque
1924 (approximate)
* small
lion's head
* The hospital used to be located where the medical complex that surrounds this plaque now stands. The date of the plaque is unclear. According to wikipedia, PGH was renamed in 1919,
but W. Freeland Kendrick was mayor from
1924-1928.
* inscription:
Dedicated
to the preservation and
restoration of the health of the
people of Philadelphia.
to the increase of knowledge
concerning the cause and cure of disease.
and to the education of those
who would serve humanity.
* Wall.
Near the Northwest corner of Claire M. Fagin Hall.
* 39.949050,-75.196700 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Philadelphia General Hospital (aka Blockley Almshouse) page
Pyramid
Ernest Shaw,
1975
* geometric form
* East end of Claire M. Fagin Hall.
* 39.949235,-75.195475 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+groundsforsculpture.org's Ernest Shaw page
Construction for Outdoors #7
Stephen Porter,
1987
* abstract form
* Up the stairs at the East end of Claire M. Fagin Hall.
* 39.949200,-75.195480 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+stephenporterstudio.com
Six Triangles
Ephraim Peleg,
1987
* triangles,
out of sequence rainbow
* Plaza.
On the West side of Claire M. Fagin Hall.
* 39.949025,-75.196700 [map] [nearby]
