Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1875
City Hall, East Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* beaver,
crane and owl,
butterfly,
plants,
elephant head,
dragon heads,
City Hall tower,
city seal,
ship,
plow and scales,
scrolls,
standing people,
reclining people,
heads,
headgear
* Part of the whole building's art.
East entrance City Hall.
Market at Juniper.
* 39.952300,-75.162800 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
City Hall, North Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* people sitting,
people standing,
partial people,
groups of people,
horse head,
seal of the city,
ship,
plow,
cattle head,
bear head,
lion or tiger head,
elephant head
* This pavilion was the first of the four to be cleaned and lit. Standing in this one small portion of the building you can sense the incredible amount of work that went into the building's sculpture.
* Part of the whole building's art.
North entrance City Hall.
South side of JFK at Broad.
* 39.953000,-75.163400 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
City Hall, South Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* standing people,
sitting people,
heads,
birds,
dragons,
book and scrolls,
staff,
cats,
seal of Pennsylvania,
horses,
ship,
plow,
plants,
bison head,
squirrel,
headgear
* Part of the whole building's art.
City Hall.
North side of S. Penn Square at Broad.
* 39.951825,-75.163650 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
City Hall, West Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* standing people,
sitting and kneeling people,
people in groups,
heads,
headgear,
book,
plants,
snake,
lizard,
city seal
* Part of the whole building's art.
City Hall.
East side of 15th at Market.
* 39.952495,-75.164450 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
The Dying Lioness
Friedrich Wilhelm Wolff,
1873 - 1875
* lions,
arrow
* Outside the Zoo.
Southwest corner, 34th and Girard.
* 39.974750,-75.195550 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1900 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Friedrich Wilhelm Wolff page
+philadelphiazoo.org
Hockley House Entrance
Frank Furness (Architect),
1875 (approximate)
* flower
* Entrance.
Northeast corner, 21st and St. James.
* 39.949995,-75.175830 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's Frank Furness page
Northminster Presbyterian Lions
Thomas Webb Richards (Architect),
1875
* small
lion heads
* Entrance.
Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Southwest corner, 35th and Baring.
* 39.961075,-75.192945 [map] [nearby]
* On the Powelton tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+old.poweltonvillage.org's page for building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Thomas Webb Richards page
+mbcphila.org
The Age of Bronze
Auguste Rodin,
1875 - 1877 (cast 1925)
* standing person
* West side of the front wall.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961875,-75.174050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
