Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 2024
ALOMH
Tobi Kahn,
2024
* abstract vertical forms
* Entrance.
Northeast corner of Honickman Center.
Southwest corner, 11th and Clover.
* 39.950625,-75.158650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+tobikahn.com
+jeffersonhealth.org's Honickman Center page
+ennead.com's Honickman Center page
Bicentennial Bell
Holzman Iron Studio,
Studio Bryan Hanes,
Whitechapel Bell Foundry,
2024 (the bell itself is 1976)
* quote from and relief bust of Elizabeth II
* actual bell,
ideas,
head,
crown,
fish head
fountain
* The bell was originally installed in the tower of the old Visitor Center at 3rd and Chestnut.
The bell itself is now in the center of the garden.
The names of the 13 colonies are carved into the walk around the bell.
The fountain, bust of the queen, and text of her speech are on the North wall.
* inscription:
Bell:
FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FROM THE
PEOPLE OF BRITAIN
4 JULY, 1976
LET FREEDOM RING
Wall:
HERE, ON JULY 6, 1976, HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
OF GREAT BRITAIN PRESENTED THE BICENTENNIAL BELL
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THESE WORDS:
I speak to you as the direct descendant of King George III.
He was the last Crowned Sovereign to rule in this country, and it
is therefore with a particular personal interest that I view those
events which took place 200 years ago.
It seems to me that Independence Day, the Fourth of July, should
be celebrated as much in Britain as IN America. Not in recjoicing
at the separation of the American Colonies from the British
Crown but in sincere gratitude to the Founding Fathers of this
great Republic for having taught Britain a very valuable lesson.
We lost the American Colonies because we lacked that
statesmanship "to know the right time, and the manner of yielding,
what is impossible to keep".
But the lesson was learnt. In the next century and a half we kept
more closely to the principles of Magna Carta which have been
the common heritage of both our countries.
We learnt to respect the right of others to govern themselves in
their own ways. This was the outcome of experience learned the
hard way in 1776. Without that great act in the cause of liberty
performed in Independence Hall two hundred years ago, we
could never have transformed an Empire into a Commonwealth!
Ultimately peace brought a renewal of friendship which has
continued and grown over the years and has played a vital part
in world affairs. Together we have fought in two world wars in
the defence of our common heritage of freedom. Together we
have striven to keep the peace so dearly won. Together, as
friends and allies, we can face the uncertainties of the future,
and this is something for which we in Britain can also celeberate
the Fourth of July.
This morning I saw the famout Liberty Bell. It came here over
200 years ago when Philadelphia, after London, was the largest
English speaking City in the world. It was cast to commemorate
the Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, but it is better known for
its association with the Declaration of Independence.
Today, to mark the 200th anniversary of that declaration,
it gives me the greatest pleasure, on behalf of the British people,
to present a new bell to the people of the United States of
America. It comes from the same foundry as the Liberty Bell,
but written on the side of this Bicentennial Bell are the wrds
"Let Freedom Ring".
It is a message in which both our people can join and which
I hope will be heard around the world for centuries to come.
* Northwest corner, 3rd and Walnut.
* 39.947350,-75.146575 [map] [nearby]
* On the Old City tour
* See also:
+ironstudioltd.com
+studiobryanhanes.com
+wikipedia.org's Whitechapel Bell Foundry page
+wikipedia.org's Elizabeth II page
Honickman Center Mobile
ennnead (Architect),
2024
* Interior.
East side of Honickman Center.
West side of 11th between Chestnut and Clover.
* 39.950385,-75.158800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+ennead.com
+jeffersonhealth.org's Honickman Center page
+ennead.com's Honickman Center page
Honickman Center South Wall
ennnead (Architect),
2024
* abstract forms
* First floor windows.
Honickman Center.
North side of Chestnut, West of 11th.
* 39.950360,-75.159090 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+ennead.com
+jeffersonhealth.org's Honickman Center page
+ennead.com's Honickman Center page
Philadelphian Fountain
CBP Architects,
2024
* fountain
* Replaced the original Philadelphian Fountain
* Steps.
The Philadelphian.
North side of Pennsylvania Avenue between 24th and 25th.
* 39.966510,-75.178150 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+cbparchitects.com
+2401.com
TOOLS Thon TOOLS
2024 (installed as art)
* actual relocated door frame,
company name
* Was around the corner door of the previous building at 1701 Fairmount. I have not yet found any history of that building online.
* East wall.
North side of Spring Garden West of 17th.
* 39.967300,-75.165735 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fairmount tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+phillynimby.com article about the new building that includes a picture of this door frame in its original location
We Here
Roberto Lugo,
2024
* pottery-inspired arch
decorated with symbols of Kensington residents
* visible through the fence
* Kensington Corridor Trust Garden.
Northwest side of Kensington between H and I.
* 39.997625,-75.111920 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kensington tour
* See also:
+muralarts.org's page about this work
+robertolugostudio.com
+kctphilly.org