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Person: Christopher Columbus
Columbus Monument
Emanuele Caroni,
1876 (renovated 1982)
* Monument to (and statue of) Christopher Columbus
* standing person,
globe,
sword,
anchors,
eagle,
ship,
sitting
people,
water,
flag
* This piece has been in and out of a large box as the courts decide whether the city can remove it or not. If and when the city is able to remove it, it will be marked as missing. Artist is listed as "possible."
* inscription:
Presented to the city of Philadelphia by the Italian citizens
In commemoration of the first centenary American Independence 1876
* Marconi Plaza.
West side of Broad, South of Oregon.
* 39.915550,-75.172100 [map] [nearby]
* On the South Broad tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece on Belmont
+wikipedia.org's Marconi Plaza page
Drexel University Main Building Entrance
New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company,
Wilson Brothers and Company (Architects),
1891
* Busts of Aesculapius,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Christopher Columbus,
Michael Faraday,
Galileo,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Alexander von Humboldt,
Thomas Jefferson,
Michelangelo,
Moses,
Isaac Newton,
Raphael,
William Shakespeare
and
William of Sens
* small
heads,
standing
angel
* These busts in niches go all the way around the inside of the arch, including two that are looking straight down. Moses and Aesculapius are on either side of the angel on the front.
* Entrance.
Main Building, Drexel University.
North side of Chestnut, just East of the 32nd Street walkway.
* 39.953850,-75.187000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphia buildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Wilson Brothers and Company page
+wikipedia.org's Aesculapius page
+wikipedia.org's Johann Sebastian Bach page
+wikipedia.org's Michael Faraday page
+wikipedia.org's Galileo Galilei page
+wikipedia.org's Goethe page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander von Humboldt page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Michelangelo page
+wikipedia.org's Moses page
+wikipedia.org's Isaac Newton page
+wikipedia.org's Raphael page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipdedia.org's William of Sens page
+drexel.edu
Columbus Monument
Venturi, Scott Brown (and Rauch),
1992
* Monument to Christopher Columbus
* big
abstract
obelisk,
pennant,
biographical text
* At the time this piece was built the firm was named Venturi, Scott Brown
* inscription:
1492-1992
Charismatic Leader, Navigator, Mathematician, Cartographer
Cinquecento Anniversary
Columbus, intrepid navigator, with a sense of the sea unparalleled
before or after him. A native son of Genoa, he became through
his dedication to a dream, an honored hero of history.
His keen intellect, abiding faith, and undaunted persistence
made him a giant among men of this millenium.
* Columbus at Dock Street.
* 39.944650,-75.141500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Robert Venturi page
+wikipedia.org's Denise Scott Brown page
