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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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Today's random page is the entry for the Canal Bridge Mosaic (unidentified artists, 2009) www.philart.net/art/Canal_Br... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Mostaic on a rough stone wall. At the topa red bridge (arched top, 2 triangular struts) with irregular white tiles in the negative space. Starting from the middle of the bottom of the bridge, rows of rounded square blue tiles representing the water of the canal, 3 across at the top , then 11 rows of 4 tiles each in a wavy pattern to two tiles at the bottom of the wall. Along the right side of the 6 top rows are white tiles with writing on them that has mostly faded.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "LOVE" (Robert Indiana, 1976). www.philart.net/art/LOVE/239... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art. This is the copy at LOVE Park, pictured with the original base in front of the previous fountain.
The word LOVE in red letters. The letters are arranged in a square with the L and O on top of the V and E. The O is tilted to the right at a 45 degree angle. the sculpture is mounted on a steel trapezoidal base where the top is slightly shorter than the bottom. There is a fountain directly behind the sculpture jetting just higher than the top of the sculpture. Also visible are the pool of the fountain, the concrete bollards around the fountain, and further back trees, light posts, office buildings, and sky.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today's random page is Landmark: Please Touch Museum (Memorial Hall) www.philart.net/landmark/Ple... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: probably "Art" from "Art, Science, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, Mining, and Columbia", Augustus Max Johannes Mueller, 1876 (approximate))
Looking up at a marble female figure sitting on the corner of a roof. The top of a decorative column is on her left side. Her fright foot extends from under her dress over the edge. She is balancing a tablet on her left knee and has some writing implement in her right hand. The background of the picture is a cloudless sky and a small bit of the dome of the building.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Added the City Seals and Scales of Justice on the walls near the roof of the Justice Center (Vitetta, 1994) which is included in a new Exhibit: Philly Maps and Seals www.philart.net/art/City_Sea... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Relief seal of the city of Philadelphia in a circle, high up on a wall near the roof of the Justice Center. Two women with a scroll and a cornucopia flanking a shield on top of which there is an arm and hand holding a scale.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Wind Helix" (Roy Wilson, 1994) www.philart.net/art/Wind_Hel... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
A black metal fence with vertical bars and bars that curve off it away from the sidewalk. Orange and yellow teardrop shapes about half the height of the fence hang from it at various heights. The picture was taken looking along the fence from the inside. The near end is in shadow the far end in light. The sidewalk, street, and parts of cars are visible on the left, buildings and sky are visible across the back.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Today's random page is Year: 1962 www.philart.net/year/1962.html #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Phoenix Above Maltese Cross", Sarala Ruth Pinto)
Red cut metal flames which curling out from a brick wall. In front of the flames is a red Maltese Cross with a black outline. Sitting on top of the cross is a black phoenix with white legs and beak. The eyes are red, and there are red streaks on the wings and very long tail feathers. The red on the cross and the phoenix is mottled to create a smoldering effect. The picture was taken slightly from the right with my back to the sun, so there is a strong shadow down and to the left of the flames.
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Today's random page is Artist: Toshiko Takaezu www.philart.net/artist/Toshi... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Bell", 1986)
Black metal bell hanging from a black metal bar suspended in a wood frame sitting on a black metal base. The frame is about 2.5 times as high and twice as wide as the bell and the bar is about 4/5 of the way up the frame. The piece is sitting on a grassy hill with scattered dead leaves. Stones, a path, bare trees, and a river are visible in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Do Good Things" (unidentified artist, 2015 (possibly 2016)) www.philart.net/art/Do_Good_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Mosaic with * plants, sun, hands, abstract forms. On a wall between two houses. There is a wooden gate with two concrete steps up to it in the middle. Picture is taken from the right (East) side of the mosaic looking West. There is a plaque with the title and dedication on the front wall of the nearer house next to the mosaic. The sidewalk, branches of a tree, and the side and front of the houses to the West are also visible.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Changed the name (again) of the Scottish Memorial (Terry Jones, 2011) and added the 5 Scottish signers portrayed in the relief panel. www.philart.net/art/Scottish... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Relief panel of delegates at the signing of the Declaration of Independence inside Independence Hall. Standing in the foreground to the right around the table with the Declaration are Scottish signers Philip Livingston, Thomas McKean, George Ross, James Wilson and John Witherspoon. Others in the picture are unidentified.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Today's random page is Tour: Avenue of Technology www.philart.net/tour/Avenue_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Nexus", Scott Eunson, Marianne Lovink, 2016)
Very abstract map of a swathe of Philadelphia taking up the whole of the side of the L entrance, cut out of what looks like steel with small green oblong forms attached to the map. Streets and rivers are represented by the metal that remains, the blocks are the empty spaces. Also in the picture are a bit of the street, the sidewalk, and 3 storefronts.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Today's random page is Person: Jasper Baxter www.philart.net/person/Jaspe... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "September 11, 2001 Memoria"l, Sikora Wells Appel, 2012)
Damaged I-beam from the World Trade Center mounted horizontally and rising at about a 15 degree angle from the center of a black granite slab on the grass. There are twisted bolts on top of the beam. The picture is taken head on to the higher end, where the bottom plate is broken. There is a circular inscription within the edges of the slab which is partially visible but not legible in the picture.
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Replaced pictures of the First Baptist Entrance (Edgar Viguers Seeler (Architect), 1899) www.philart.net/art/First_Ba... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Stone circle with a very fancy border. The middle of the circle has an alpha on the left and an omega (lower case) on the right. This is the 3rd of three images over the door and was not previously on the page.
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Today's random page is Artist: Thom Cooney Crawford www.philart.net/artist/Thom_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe", 1986)
On an irregularly shaped long base are two figures. On the right is a ring, maybe a foot or two in diameter, balanced on edge so that looking straight at the piece from the front you can see through the ring. On the left, about 4 times as tall as the ring is an abstract human figure. The head is about half way up. The left arm is folded across the chest. The right arm, which is is as long as the body from the shoulders down is raised straight up and is fused into the right side of the face. The right hand, which is proportional to the right arm, is palm up balancing two irregular arches. Other people's interpretations may be different. The rest of the picture includes the plaque with the name of the piece on a small post, brick and concrete, part of a tree, part of a bush, and ground cover, probably ivy.
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Added the Bowling Pin at Lucky Strike (unidentified artist, installed 2006) www.philart.net/art/Bowling_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Big bowling pin over a steel canopy. The bowling pin is flat on both sides, outlined in black, with a blue X on the neck. Under the canopy the word STRIKE in red all caps letters on the right half of a curved sign. The wall of the building and the tops of buildings along the North side of Chestnut are also visible.
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for the Pyramid Lights that were on the 22nd Street Walkway on the Drexel campus (unidentified artist, 2008) www.philart.net/art/Pyramid_... #Philly #PublicArt #art
Alternating yellow and blue lit pyramids about 3 feet tall along a walkway at dusk curving, from the lower right of the picture toward the upper left. There is an orange fire hydrant with a green cap near the lower left which is useful for size reference. Buildings, street lights, trees, banners, and patches of grass are also visible.
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for the St. Andrew's Episcopal Gargoyles (Wilson Brothers and Company (Architects), 1883) www.philart.net/art/St_Andre... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Dragon gargoyle sticking out from the corner of a stone church wall. The gargoyle is roughly in the center of the picture framed by two diagonal electrical wires in the foreground running bottom left to upper right.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "History In Motion" (Eric Okdeh, 2004) www.philart.net/art/History_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
The right half of one of the mosaic panels on the District Health Center Six wall. This part, from left to right shows part of an apartment tower, the face of a smiling person, a group of 4 smiling people, presumably parents with children, the Zoo Balloon, and a turtle.
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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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.
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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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)
Canine head gargoyle with bared teeth, in profile, facing to the right is centered in the frame. The wall and the base of a door arch make up the rest of the picture.
October 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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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.
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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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.
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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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.
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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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).
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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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.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Today's random page is Artist: Milton Bennett Medary (Architect) www.philart.net/artist/Milto... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: Penn Athletic Club, 1925)
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM