Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1926
City Hall Annex
1926
* eagles,
plants,
food,
fasces,
stars
* The masonry panels are visible on all sides of the building but the pattern is not completely consistent. The pictures were taken on the 13th Street side.
* Entrances and walls.
Notary Hotel.
Southeast corner, Juniper and Filbert.
* 39.953075,-75.162260 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* Exhibits: New
Fidelity Mutual Building
Lee Lawrie,
1926 - 1927
* Building renamed in honor of Raymond G. Perelman
and
Ruth Perelman
* big and small
people
standing
sitting,
furniture,
weapons,
kite,
ships,
tools and machines,
dogs,
horses,
alligators,
elephants,
owls,
squirrels,
buildings,
trains,
plants,
symbols and words
* Originally an insurance building. Donated to the Art Museum by the Perelmans. The pictures here are only a representative sampling of the art.
* inscription:
Pennsylvania side:
In the honor and perpetuity of the family is founded the state. In the nobler life of the household is the nobler life of mankind.
26th side:
He labors best who loves best : the finest work of a man's life is to open the doors of opportunity to those who depend on him.
* The whole building.
Perelman Annex.
Northwest corner of Fairmount and Pennsylvania.
* 39.967490,-75.179490 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Labor
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+Max Buten's picture of one of the reliefs
+Another Max Buten picture of one of the reliefs
+wikipedia.org's Lee Lawrie page
+wikipedia.org's Raymond G. Perlman page
Great Seals of Cities and States
Paul Philippe Cret,
Leon Hermant,
1926
* big
Seals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,
standing people,
arm,
scales and plow,
ship,
basket,
fruit,
scroll,
horses,
eagle
* The Philadelphia and Pennsylvania seals are in Philadelphia. The Camden and New Jersey seals (not pictured) are in Camden.
* Bridge anchorages.
Ben Franklin Bridge.
West of Columbus on Race and South of Vine on Water.
* 39.954225,-75.140300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Paul Philippe Cret page
+wikipedia.org's Leon Hermant page
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin Bridge page
Irvine Auditorium Gargoyles
1926
* small
dragon heads
* Wall.
South side of Irvine Auditorium.
Northwest corner, 34th and Spruce.
* 39.950700,-75.193225 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Gargoyles
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Irvine Auditorium page
St. Andrew's Society Tablet
1926
* Insignia representation of the first, in memory of the rest: Saint Andrew,
Philip Livingston,
Thomas McKean,
George Ross,
James Wilson
and
John Witherspoon
* small
insignia,
crown,
plants,
eagle,
arrows,
lion,
standing St. Andrew with cross
* inscription:
To the Memory of five of its members
who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776
The St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia
organized in 1747
dedicated this tablet 1926
Nemo me impune lacessit
* Courtyard wall.
West side of the South Pavilion. City Hall.
North side of S. Penn Square at Broad.
* 39.952120,-75.163700 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+standrewsociety.org
+wikipedia.org's Andrew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Philip Livingston page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas McKean page
+wikipedia.org's George Ross page
+wikipedia.org's James Wilson page
+wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
