Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1999
Skin of the Bride
Isaiah Zagar,
1991 - 2000
* big
abstract,
words
* Was on the South side of Vine between 2nd and 3rd on the walls of the Painted Bride Art Center, which is no longer the home of the Painted Bride. The mosaic was dismantled in 2023.
* Walls.
* 39.955725,-75.143950 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing,
Mosaic
* See also:
+phillymagicgardens.org
Philadelphia Beacons
Ray King,
1994 - 1999
* big
abstract
towers,
light sources
* Broad and Washington.
* 39.937850,-75.166800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+rayking.nu
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Isaiah Zagar,
1994 - 2013
* big
abstract
partial people,
plates, dishes, cups, bottles,
bicycle parts,
words
* Large portions are visible from the sidewalk. See the website for admission information.
* Courtyard/garden.
South side of South between 10th and 11th.
* 39.942825,-75.159400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic
* See also:
+phillymagicgardens.org
Rose and the Firefighters
Isaiah Zagar,
1995 - 2004
* big
abstract
partial people,
words
* Walls.
West side of Alder between South and Kater and North side of Kater West of Alder.
* 39.942600,-75.159190 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic
* See also:
+phillymagicgardens.org
Black Bottom Memorial Wall
Andrea Zemel,
1999
* map,
heart and hands
symbol,
standing
people,
sitting person,
bulldozer,
houses,
weapons,
flag
* a collaborative project with Penn and University City High School students, it was located on the West side of 36th, North of Filbert, on the Southeast corner of the High School, which was torn down in 2015
* inscription:
The Black Bottom was a predominately African American community that
once existed between 32nd Street and 40th Street and between
Walnut Street and Lancaster Avenue. Within these boundaries was a
community based on loyalty, trust, and respect. It was born of economic adversity
but based on love. Their love was for their community and its members and they
cared for each other as family. Everyone was helpful to one another.
The children were raised together. With pride in their hearts and pride
for their community prejudice was a stranger to the people of the Black
Bottom. The walls of the community were torn down to make way for "Urban
Renewal." However the sense of community was planted in the hearts
of the members proving that a community can thrive even in a field of barren
ground. Resistance did not prevent their neighborhood from being physically
destroyed but resistance preserved it in their memories even today.
The community still meets every year on the last Sunday in August for the
Black Bottom Reunion at Fairmount Park. It is the largest neighborhood
gathering in the history of Philadelphia.
We were like a big family, close together until the bulldozers of urban renewal
came around. They tore down our neighborhood - but not our spirits! The Black
Bottom still is home in our hearts.
We fought to protect our neighborhood and our country.
* Wall art.
* 39.957425,-75.194200 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing,
War,
Black Lives,
Mosaic
* See also:
+iliad.nyc's Andrea Zemel page
Chestnut Street Bus Shelters
Pablo Tauler,
1999
* abstract designs,
plants
* Some pictures have been edited to make vandalism on the metal illegible.
* Bus shelters.
South side of Chestnut, 7th to 17th.
* 39.95035,-75.160290 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Mass Transit
* See also:
+pablotaulerpublicartwork.blogspot.com
Dreamer (Yellow Snake)
Isaiah Zagar,
1999 (repaired 2014)
* big
abstract
eyes, ears, and lips,
words
* Walls.
West side of 8th, South of South.
* 39.942225,-75.155585 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic
* See also:
+phillymagicgardens.org
Steel Woman II
Thomas Schutte,
1999
* horizontal person,
furniture
* Was in the Anne d'Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden on Art Museum Drive. Removed some time prior to July 7, 2022.
* 39.967150,-75.181425 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Schutte page
Tabernacle United Church Signs
Lynn Denton,
1999
* signs,
religious symbols and imagery,
boat,
Earth,
food,
sitting
and standing
people,
birds,
plants,
musical instruments,
sheep,
hands,
water
* tiles painted by the congregation
* Tabernacle United Church.
Southwest corner, 37th and Chestnut.
* 39.954800,-75.196650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
Peace and Love,
Mosaic
* See also:
+lynnbdenton.com
+tabunited.org