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Year: 2018

Exploded Paradigm
Conrad Shawcross, 2018
* big abstract tower, idea
* Clearly visible from the sidewalk when the building is closed.
* Interacts with For Philadelphia
* Lobby. Comcast Technology Center. Southwest corner, 18th and Arch.
* 39.954900,-75.169850 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* See also:
+conradshawcross.com
+wikipedia.org's Comcast Technology Center page

For Philadelphia
Jenny Holzer, 2018
* big lighted scrolling words
* Clearly visible from the sidewalk when the building is closed.
* Interacts with Exploded Paradigm
* On the lobby ceiling. Comcast Technology Center. Southwest corner, 18th and Arch.
* 39.954900,-75.169775 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* See also:
+dandelion-burdock.com article about the technology used to make this piece
+jennyholzer.com
+wikipedia.org's Comcast Technology Center page

Hamilton Court Sidewalk Lights
2018
* sidewalk lights
* Sidewalk. In front of Hamilton Court. South side of Chestnut, East of 39th.
* 39.955200,-75.199500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* See also:
+hamcophiladelphia.com

Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza
WRT, 2018
* Quote from George Washington
* ideas, video flame
* A video eternal flame and text comparing the ideals of the United States and Nazi Germany.
* Built around the Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs
* inscription: (partial):
"It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigorty no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support."
-George Washington Letter of New Port Hebrew Congregation
August 18, 1790
* Plaza. Between the Parkway and Arch, West of 16th.
* 39.954925,-75.167200 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+wwikipedia.org's page for the plaza
+wrtdesign.com's page for this piece
+wrtdesign.com
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page

June 5th Memorial
Scott Aker, Barb Fox, 2018
* Memorial to the six victims with quote from Dickinson: Anne Bryan, Roseline Conteh, Borbor Davis, Emily Dickinson, Kimberly Finnegan, Juanita Harmon and Mary Simpson
* ideas, architectural elements, steles, benches
* The black stone sculpture by Barb Fox is separately titled "Witness".
* inscription:
For those we remember
Unable are the loved to die
for love is immortality
nay, it is deity -
unable they that love - to die
for love reforms vitality
into divinity
-Emily Dickinson
On a beautiful late Spring morning in 2013 the reckless demolition of a neighborhood building collapsed a wall onto the Salvation Army store that stood on this site.
This memorial park is dedicated to the memory of the six people who died here on June 5, 2013. They were from all walks of life, and each was uniquely precious to their family, friends and community. The memorial park also remembers those who were injured, and honors the rescuers.
The June 5 Memorial Park is made possible by the generosity of private citizens and the City of Philadelphia. It challenges the residents and leaders of Philadelphia to remember what happened here and to always value human life above development.
* Southeast corner, 22nd and Market.
* 39.953675,-75.176600 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* See also:
+june5memorial.org
+architecturalresearch.org
+inquirer.com's Anne Bryan article
+cbsnews.com's Roseline Conteh article
+cbsnews.com's Borbor Davis article
+wikipedia.org's Emily Dickinson page
+inquirer.com's Juniata Harmon article

Love Park Fountain
Hargreaves Jones, KieranTimberlake, 2018
* Replaced the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial Fountain
* Plaza. Specifically John F. Kennedy Plaza (LOVE Park). Southeast of the Southeast corner, 16th and Arch.
* 39.954260,-75.165660 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+hargreaves.com
+kierantimberlake.com
+wikipedia.org's Love Park page

Plateau
Andrea Blum, 2018 (original configuration 2006)
* big abstract shelter, benches
* Was on the other side of Locust Walk. Moved to the new location and reconfigured in 2018 when a new dorm was built on the North side. The plaque lists it as 2006/2018. The first 3 pictures are from the original location.
* East side of 40th, South of Locust Walk.
* 39.952725,-75.202725 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+andreablum.com