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Independence Mall State Park was created in the 1950s with the intention that the land would eventually be turned over to the NPS. Funded by 40-year state bonds, its construction was a joint venture between Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia and was overseen by Edmund Bacon, director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Many ...
This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia. The Association for Public Art estimates the city has hundreds of public artworks; [1] the Smithsonian lists more than 700. [2] Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first such program in the U.S. [3]
The unveiling of the statue was done by one of Barry's descendants. The bronze statue of Barry is located on the western edge of Franklin Square in downtown Washington, D.C. Barry is portrayed wearing a military uniform while his right hand is holding scrolls and resting on a sword. The female allegorical statue on the front of the pedestal ...
Philadelphia in June 1964 was the scene of the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old Jewish anthropology student from New York City; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker, also from New York. Their deaths ...
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It is the oldest park in the borough. It was renamed for Commodore Barry in 1951, due to its location next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which Barry helped found. A large statue of Barry stands directly in front of the formal entrance to Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four U.S. Navy ships. USS Barry (1902–1920)
North Philadelphia 1346 North Broad St. Cabot: Edwin Forrest House, first home of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 by Sarah Peter, the only women's art and design college in the nation. 47