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Cataloging Philadelphia's Public Art on the web since 1998. Posting daily random page links with pictures and updates to the web site. Sharing other people's Philadelphia Public Art, Public Art, and Philadelphia related posts on a limited basis.

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 9h

Today's random page is Landmark: Gen. George G. Meade School www.philart.net/landmark/Gen... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: General George G. Meade Public School Entrance, Irwin T. Catharine (Architect), 1936)

The name of the school is carved into the grey stone over the entrance. Parallel with the name, on either side of the entrance, are two relief partial figures of men carrying small lamps, looking down at the door. Their arms are bent at right angles at the elbow, and below the elbows instead of lower bodies are abstract relief columns in a light brown stone. A non-structural white sign attached to the dark green door says "VISITOR ENTRANCE" in red capital letters.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 1d

Today's random page is Landmark: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church www.philart.net/landmark/Hol... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: one of the Holy Trinity Gargoyles, John Notman, (Architect), 1859)

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 2d

Today's random page is Person: Roberto Clemente www.philart.net/person/Rober... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Roberto Clemente", Phil Sumpter, 1997)

Close up picture of the statue from just below the waist up. Clemente is leaning toward the camera and to his right so that his face is in the upper left corner and his left hip is near the lower right. He is wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates helmet and jersey, number 21.

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 3d

Today's random page is Artist: Josh Sarantitis www.philart.net/artist/Josh_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Metamorphosis", 2001)

Detail from the mural which includes a hand and part of a tree. Mounted on the mural are black cut metal butterflies, the largest in the lower left, decreasing in size as they move toward the upper right.

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 4d

Added the Locust Walk Compass (Robert Lundgren, 1984 (renovated 2022)) www.philart.net/art/Locust_W... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

Compass rose inset into the brick sidewalk inside a square of grey slate pavers. The outer boundary of the compass is white with a paver for each of the four labeled directions (NESW) and 5 unlabeled pavers in between. The compass itself is the same grey as the square, radiating out from a circle in the center that is the same red as the brick. The rest of the space inside the circle is an abstract pattern of grey, red, and white.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 4d

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 4d

Today's random page is Person: Samuel Adams www.philart.net/person/Samue... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: the Samuel Adams plaque from "Signers Walk", Franklin Mint, 1975 (installed current location 1999))

Relief 3/4 view bust of Samuel Adams with his head turned to the left. There is part of a building with lots of windows behind him. The bust is in a circle and the circle has 13 stars around the top from the lower left to the lower right. Beneath the circle are his signature, his name, "POLITICIAN" (all caps) and "MASSACHUSETTS" (all caps).

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 5d

Today's random page is Landmark: Frankford Transportation Center www.philart.net/landmark/Fra... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "SEPTA Towers", Gordon Heuther, 2001)

There are several chimney-like forms at the front of the roof. The sculpture is attached to them on vertical metal poles. Spiraling around the poles are strips of metal with transparent colored rectangles running between them.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 6d

Today's random page is Artist: Milton Bennett Medary (Architect) www.philart.net/artist/Milto... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: Penn Athletic Club, 1925)

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 7d

Today's random page is Content: Sphinx and Griffins www.philart.net/content/sphi... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: one of the University Museum Medallions, John Ross, 1899)

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 8d

Today's random page is the entry for the Hippo Head Fountain, unidentified artist, 1976 www.philart.net/art/Hippo_He... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

Pool of water. There is a brick wall with a plant on the left edge of the picture. The Hippo Head is at the right of the picture about half way up the frame in the back. There are five vertical jets of water in a straight line across the picture between the wall and the hippo. Behind the fountain are some plants and a brick wall with windows and a concrete overhang.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 9d

Today's random page is Person: George McKensie Poinsett www.philart.net/person/Georg... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: the rock from the George McKensie Poinsett Memorial, unidentified artist, 1915)

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 10d

Added "Ascendance" (Studio Cooke John, 2024) www.philart.net/art/Ascendan... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 10d

Today's random page is Landmark: Anita M. Carboni Ball Field www.philart.net/landmark/Ani... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Athletics", George R. Anthonisen, 1983)

Two square white relief panels mounted on a red brick wall. Both panels are missing quarter circles, the left panel in the top right corner and the right panel in the upper left corner so that there is a half circle of brick at the top. The left panel has two people playing basketball, one going up for a dunk and the other trying to block him, and two people facing each other but it is not obvious what sport they're playing. The right panel has two people playing football, one catching a pass over a defender. Whatever is in the lower part of the right panel is unclear.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 11d

The St. Louis Arch was the first piece of public art I photographed around 1973 of 1974 I think though it all blends together now. We went there by Greyhound before flying the rest of the way to Texas so I could see what the rest of the country looked like at ground level.

ROCKY LASTER🌱🦍 @rockylaster.bsky.social · 11d

St. Louis Arch

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 11d

Today's random page is the entry for "Together Family" (Ken Clark, 1977) www.philart.net/art/Together... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

Four abstract people made of single cut and bent flat sheets of steel mounted on a brick wall under an overhang. Presumably (left to right) a standing child, a standing mother, and a standing father with another child on his shoulders.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 12d

With 1,247 entries? :-) I have a link to that database such as it is on the Resources page. The introductory text on the home page and the fine print at the bottom of every page explain what the site is. www.philart.net

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 12d

Added or fixed Content on a bunch of pieces that I noticed while writing alt text for the random page of the day posts.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 12d

I'm a Temple owl myself and I have my own definition of public art. The newer bigger owl, the Drexel dragon, the Community College lion, Saint Joseph the Worker and the hawks at St. Joe's, plus all the statues of Franklin on the Penn campus are listed too.

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 12d

Today's random page is the entry for "Red Owl" (Beniamino Bufano, 1988 (originally installed)) www.philart.net/art/Red_Owl/... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

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Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 13d

Today's random page is Content: Flags and Pennants www.philart.net/content/flag... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Solidarity", unidentified artist and year)

Sign mounted on a grey wall. Arranged vertically top to bottom are a billowing American flag, rising out from behind a brown open book with has a brown on white plaque across it that says "SOLIDARITY" (in all caps). Beneath the book is a white rocker that reads "TEACHERS LOCAL 3 AFT AFL-CIO" (in all caps).

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 14d

Today's random page is Landmark: Old Zion Lutheran Church www.philart.net/landmark/Old... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: St. Matthew's Chapel Entrance, Isaac Pursell (Architect), 1889 (approximate))

Upper part of the arched chapel entrance. There is a peaked roof over the arch. There are stone flowers at the bases of the arch and in a circle inside a triangle that forms the top of the peak.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 15d

Today's random page is the entry for Untitled (Robert E. Montgomery, 1972) www.philart.net/art/Untitled... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

2 sets of rows of metal tubes of varying lengths attached to a brick wall. The first and last tubes in both sets are the shortest. The first set is on the lower left, the second set is on the upper right. The first set has 14 tubes, the second has 13. The top tube of the first set is on the same row of bricks as the bottom tube of the second set.

Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net @philartdotnet.bsky.social · 16d

Today's random page is Year: 1885 www.philart.net/year/1885.html #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "The Wrestlers", Ferdinand Barbedienne, 1885 (French cast of 100-1 BC Roman copy of 400-301 BC Greek original))

Small bronze statue of two men wrestling, with their heads to left in the picture. One man is crouched with his knees and left arm on the ground, his right shoulder down, his left shoulder up, looking to his left. The second man is straddling the first and looking down at him. In the background are a concrete walk, grass with dead leaves, a parking lot with some cars, a stone house, and some trees.

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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 17d

New sign by Emeyewhisky.

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