Philly installed it's first parklet back in August. I finally saw it first hand for the first time on Sunday. I personally love it and wish there were more of it in Center City!
Link to SF Parklet: Parklet in San Francisco.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Park(ing) Day 2011
Park(ing) Day 2011 was Friday, September 16! Park(ing) Day seeks to reclaim parking spots and transform them into engaging, people-friendly public spaces for one day a year. This was taken on Walnut between 15th and 16th.
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Drexel Opens Constantine Papadakis Building
Drexel Univ. opened its new science building, Pennsylvania’s newest landmark for scientific research on September 20. The $69-million Constantine N. Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building served as Drexel’s biology department and includes North America’s largest living biowall, the only such structure at a U.S. university.
The biowall, a 75-ft. high wall of plants, serves as a biological air filter, demonstrating Drexel’s longstanding commitment to sustainability and progressive research. Reference
The biowall, a 75-ft. high wall of plants, serves as a biological air filter, demonstrating Drexel’s longstanding commitment to sustainability and progressive research. Reference
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Clark Park in Spruce Hill, West Philly
Clark Park is in the Spruce Hill section of West Philly. It's bordered by 43rd & 45th streets, and by Baltimore & Woodland Avenues. The park was established in 1895 on land donated to the city by banker Clarence Howard Clark.
Two notable public art work:
1. A life-sized 1890 sculpture of Charles Dickens by Francis Edwin Elwell, one of just two known statues of the author. Reference
2. In June 1916, a large stone from Devil's Den at Gettysburg Battlefield was set up in the park to recall the Union soldiers treated on the site and the "services of the patriotic men and women" who cared for them. Reference
Two notable public art work:
1. A life-sized 1890 sculpture of Charles Dickens by Francis Edwin Elwell, one of just two known statues of the author. Reference
2. In June 1916, a large stone from Devil's Den at Gettysburg Battlefield was set up in the park to recall the Union soldiers treated on the site and the "services of the patriotic men and women" who cared for them. Reference
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Wave Forms by Dennis Oppenheim at 34th & Chestnut
Sculpture: "Wave Forms" by Dennis Oppenheim is spectacular set of six, 20 foot, bell shapes made of aluminum tube located adjacent to a new apartment complex at the University of Pennsylvania. Two sets of three-bell cluster rises 34 feet tall and are illuminated at night.
Night Pictures
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The Split Button by Claes Oldenburg in University of Pennsylvania
Split Button Located at Levy Park, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel
16 ft. (4.9 m) diameter x 10 in. (0.3 m) thick
Height from ground when sited: 4 ft. 11 in. (1.5 m)
Commissioned December 1978 by the University of Pennsylvania, with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts: Installed June 25, 1981, Inaugurated November 6, 1981
Aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel
16 ft. (4.9 m) diameter x 10 in. (0.3 m) thick
Height from ground when sited: 4 ft. 11 in. (1.5 m)
Commissioned December 1978 by the University of Pennsylvania, with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts: Installed June 25, 1981, Inaugurated November 6, 1981
In addition to the split button, Claes has three other sculptures in the city, they are: The Clothespin across City Hall, the Giant Three-Way Plug at the Art Museum, and the latest addtion is the Paint Torch across from the Convention Annex. We are so fortunate to have such beautiful pieces of art in our city!
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Danmark is at Penns Landing
Because the weather yesterday was cloudy and did not yield very nice shots of the Danmark. I came back this morning a was able to capture some nicer ones.
As part of the seaport festival week, the Danmark, tall ship of Denmark, is at Penns Landing from 9/23 to 9/26.
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