Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1931
Budd BB1 Pioneer Aircraft
Budd Company,
1931 (installed 1935)
* actual airplane
* Originally labeled as "The Pioneer". The sign was changed to the current title some time between 2017 and 2021. Changed here 7/4/2022.
* inscription:
(from the old sign)
First stainless steel airplane built in 1931
by the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company of Phila.
to demonstrate the practicality of its "shotweld" process
of fabricating stainless steel subsequently employed by
the Budd Co. in building heavyweight railroad trains.
The Pioneer was flown approximately 1,000 hours
in the United Staes and Europe.
* In front of the Franklin Institute.
Southwest corner, 20th and Winter and the Parkway.
* 39.958490,-75.172440 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+fi.edu article about this piece
+wikipedia.org's Budd Company page
+fi.edu
Curtis Building, Thomas Jefferson University
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1931
* standing people,
reclining people,
medical instruments,
headgear,
plants,
lions,
birds,
griffins,
various medical symbols
* Curtis Hall Entrance.
North side of Walnut between 10th and 11th.
* 39.948625,-75.157800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Horace Trumbauer page
Girard Trust Building
McKim, Mead and White (Architects),
1931
* relief bust of Stephen Girard
* head,
ships,
lion heads
* North wall.
Ritz Carlton.
South side of S. Penn Square, West of Broad.
* 39.951565,-75.164240 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
+wikipedia.org's McKim, Mead and White page
+ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page
Mitten Hall
William Harold Lee (Architect),
1931
* standing,
sitting and horizontal,
partial
people,
musical instruments,
sun, moon and stars,
telescope,
flying horse,
castle,
symbols
* Pictures have been significantly color altered to show detail.
Owls carved at the corners and reliefs on the South wall are not yet pictured.
* West wall.
East side of Broad, South of Norris.
* 39.981900,-75.156900 [map] [nearby]
* On the Temple Campus tour
* Exhibits: Athletic
* See also:
+Gerry Wilkinson's Mitten Hall page on wrti.com
+wikipedia.org's William Harold Lee page
Penn Mutual Building Doors
Robert Warren Noble (Architect),
1931
* small
groups of people
standing,
sitting,
machines and tools,
furniture,
baskets and jugs,
books and scrolls,
dogs,
flowers,
weapons,
helmet,
head in profile
* Entrance.
Penn Mutual Building.
South side of Walnut between 5th and 6th.
* 39.947525,-75.150250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Washington Square tour
* Exhibits: Labor
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Robert Warren Noble page
+wikipedia.org's Penn Mutual page
Spring Garden School Art Deco
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
1931
* abstract art deco
* Entrance.
Spring Garden School.
South side of Melon between 11th and 12th.
* 39.965100,-75.155850 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+springgarden.philasd.org
