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Today's random page is Year: 1991 www.philart.net/year/1991.html #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Chinatown Sound Barrier", unidentified artist)
Four vertically stacked black Chinese characters carved into white stone mounted on a red brick wall.
November 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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October 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Today's random page is Landmark: Ritz 5 www.philart.net/landmark/Rit... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Ritz Screen", William Daley, 1978)
Two vertical white steel beams with two cross pieces, one in at the top and another in the middle frame approximately 20 vertical rows of stacked reddish brown (probably terra-cotta) rectangles of 2 different widths, most of them wider. The rectangles in every other row, all of them wide, are marked with two or three straight lines in different patterns and most of the wide rows angle out from the plain to meet an adjacent row in the middle. The rows do not all go all the way from top to bottom so that there are gaps through which you can see part of a tree and the wall of the theater which is the same terra-cotta color. Beneath the middle cross-bar the wall is red brick. There is a sliver of blue sky in the upper left hand corner of the picture
November 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Today's random page is Content: Pipes, Cigars, and Cigarettes www.philart.net/content/pipe... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: the logo from the Strawbridge and Clothier Building West Entrance,
Edward Paul Simon (Architect), Grant Miles Simon (Architect), 1931)
Circular white stone relief of the Strawbridge and Clothier Seal of Confidence on a white stone block wall. In the center of the circle are Tamanend on the left and William Penn on the right, shaking hands in front of a tree. Penn is holding a piece of paper and Tamanend is holding a pipe.
October 31, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Emancipation Proclamation Fountain" (Gerd Utescher, 1964) www.philart.net/art/Emancipa... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (the picture is from the current location, without the nonfunctional fountain)
Bronze statue of a stylized standing woman lin a dress looking up at the three birds that are emerging from her raised right hand. Also visible in the picture are bare branches in the foreground, the ground, walls, and upper fence of the sunken plaza in which she is standing, and behind the fence blue sky and the Northwest corner of City Hall.
November 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Today's random page is Year: 1924 www.philart.net/year/1924.html #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: Packard Building Sign, Samuel Yellin)
Metal relief, bronze colored foreground, black background. Sign in the center "PACKARD BUILDING 1924" and around it: standing women, one holding a scroll and one a staff, kneeling men, tools, an oar, plants, lamps, an eagle, a lion's head, a seashell, and along the bottom, urns and griffins.
October 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for Bike Racks (Dero Bike Racks, installed 2013) www.philart.net/art/Bike_Rac... hilly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Three stylized yellow bikes in a row made from round metal pipes mounted on brackets in the sidewalk. Also visible in the picture is the brick wall of Bache-Martin and in the upper right hand corner, stairs.
October 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for Landmark: Historical Society of Frankford www.philart.net/landmark/His... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: Lion and Knight, unidentified artist, approximately 1800)
White stone statues of a lion and a knight located in an alley. The knight is standing, wearing a helmet, head turned to his right facing the camera. Both of his elbows are bent and close to his body. He has a shield in his left hand at about stomach height and a sword hilt in his right hand that was presumably once a whole sword. The lion is located behind him, to the right of him in the picture, lying alert on a stone base, head raised, turned and looking at the knight. Also visible in the picture are plants in the foreground and background, and a brick wall with basement level windows, and a ladder propped horizontally against it.
October 30, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Today's random page is Artist: Augustus Max Johannes Mueller www.philart.net/artist/Augus... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: part of "Art, Science, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, Mining, and Columbia", approximately 1876)
There are two statues in this picture: a white marble sculpture in the lower left and a light green bronze sculpture to the right and further back. The statue on the left is of a seated woman looking to her right, her left foot partially out over the base, her left hand balancing books on her left knee and her right hand pointing down at a globe that is on the base in front of her. The statue on the right is of a standing woman, left keg forward, looking straight ahead, her right hand holding up a wreath higher than her head and her left arm down and away from her body. The background is a very pale blue sky. Also visible are parts of the roof of what is now the Please Touch Museum on which this piece is situated.
October 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Added the Bethel Dove (unidentified artist, 2019) www.philart.net/art/Bethel_D... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art #Christian
Stylized steel dove composed of 6 curving lines, mounted a dark blue wall.
October 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for the Philadelphia Building Chandelier (Warren Muller, 2008) www.philart.net/art/Philadel... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
A very chaotic horizontal chandelier a large number of small white teardrop shaped bulbs some in scalloped white glass shades, some strung together, at least one in what looks like a candle sconce, with a variety of gold colored wires and black metal rings.
October 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Today's random page is Landmark: Disston Park www.philart.net/landmark/Dis... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "Orball", Ken Clark, 1976)
Big dark metal sphere on a grassy hill, composed of two loops, one vertical and one mounted at a 45 degree angle with diamond shaped panels connecting them where they intersect, the whole thing mounted on 3 small triangles. In the background are a chain link fence, bushes, and a solid grey sky.
October 25, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Today's random page is Person: Ora Washington www.philart.net/person/Ora_W... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: "MVP", Brian McCutcheon, 2019)
Small bronze statue inspired by Ora Washington of a young Black girl with a pony tail holding a basketball. Her body is turned toward the camera. Her head is turned to her left. Her arms are bent and she is holding the basketball against her right hip with both hands. Also visible in the picture are the short raised circular concrete base on which she is standing, the circle of bricks around it, a concrete path, a bench, grass, trees, sky, and low buildings.
October 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Today's random page is the entry for the Nicetown Park Tiles (unidentified artist and year) www.philart.net/art/Nicetown... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Three square mosaic tiles on a light blue brick wall with vertical bricks. The first tile has what looks like two apartment buildings with the letters KENON running vertically between them and the letters CA in the bottom right. The second (in all caps) says "ANYONE CAN MAKE A HOUSE BUT SOMEONE SPECIAL TO MAKE A HOME" and the third says "God is Good Love"
October 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Today's random page is Landmark: Trinity at 22nd www.philart.net/landmark/Tri... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: one of the Trinity Memorial Gargoyles, James Peacock Sims (Architect), 1875)
Grey stone gargoyle on a grey stone wall. A bearded man wearing a hat.
October 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Spending Thanksgiving weekend in Philly? The Museum of the American Revolution celebrates Native American Heritage Month with talks, family crafts and a 1776 treaty on view before Jan. 3. 🪶

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Discover the Impact of America’s First Allies During Native American Heritage Month, Thanksgiving Weekend at the Museum of the American Revolution
Visitors can learn more about how Native American nations served as the first foreign powers to formally recognize the United States’ independence and their allyship with the U.S. during the Revolutio...
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October 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Added Bethany Baptist Church (unidentified artist, 1967) www.philart.net/art/Bethany_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art #Christian
Red brick wall with a big white cross and three iconic brass-colored grates arranged vertically to the right of the cross. The cross has a thin gold ring at the intersection and is mounted on and breaking the top, left, and right planes of, a black background. The grates appear to be a burning bush, a sheaf of wheat, and grapes. There is a lens flair taking up about 2 thirds of the picture with a rainbow in the upper right of the wall. Also visible is a cloudy sky in the upper corners of the picture.
October 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi" (unidentified artist, 1988) www.philart.net/art/Dr_Hidey... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Gold/tan bronze statue of Noguchi from the waist up. He is looking up and to his right at a test tube he is holding up in his right hand. The statue is sitting on a white marble plinth in a corner of two red brick walls.
October 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Today's random page is Artist: Messinger, Pietka, Hahn, LLC www.philart.net/artist/Messi... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: detail from "Autumn Winds", 2007)
Nine translucent tinted bent square panels with solid color edges in yellow, orange, and white attached just below a concrete ceiling to a tiled wall with light and dark grey horizonal stripes.
October 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Robert Morris" (Paul Wayland Bartlett, 1925 ) www.philart.net/art/Robert_M... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Bronze statue of Morris, taken from about a 45 degree angle to the right. He is swearing a tri-corner hat and a long coat. His right arm is extended at about a 45 degree angle to his side, with his right hand on the head of a walking stick which is slanted back toward his right foot, which is in front of the left. Also visible in the picture are the white marble plinth the statue is mounted on, green leafy trees, a brick fence post with a white ball on top of it, and taking up the rest of the background the building on the other side of the street.
October 20, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Fire Hat" (Harold Kimmelman, 1975) www.philart.net/art/Fire_Hat... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Steel sculpture of the right half of a fire helmet mounted on a red brick wall. The flat front is to the right of the picture, the long brim in back is to the left.
October 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for the Grumman Lunar Module (Grumman Spacecats, 1installed 1976) www.philart.net/art/Grumman_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Actual restored Lunar Module sitting on the grass. Also visible in the picture are chairs and a bench (on the left), part of a building (on the right), trees, and a blue sky.
October 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Today's random page is Person: Daniel Webster www.philart.net/person/Danie... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art (pictured: detail with Webster quote from the "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument", John Massey Rhind, James H. Windrim (Architect), 1883)
One side of the central marble base of the memorial. There are columns on either side, and a bronze relief plaque of an eagle in the center. Above the eagle it says "United States of America" and below "Liberty and Union now and forever, one and inseparable -Webster". Trees amd sky are visible on either side of the picture.
October 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "The Tuskegee Airmen: They Met the Challenge" (Marcus Akinlana, 2009) www.philart.net/art/The_Tusk... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Four story mural with some sculptural elements. Approximately the bottom half is of people on the ground and the top half is people in the air. Near the bottom corners are portrait relief medallions of a mechanic and a medic, both facing in. Across the middle are a German plane going down in flames and signs and portrayals of segregation in America. Across the top are sculptural goggles with young men inside the lenses and above them at the very top planes and clouds. Also visible in the picture are a brick building to the left, the projecting dormers of the building the mural is on, sky, and a utility pole.
October 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Today's random page is the entry for "Land Buoy" (Jody Pinto, 2014) www.philart.net/art/Land_Buo... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
Galvanize steel structure: a 55 foot tall pole painted blue at the top, wrapped by a 16 foot tall circular staircase with a landing/observation platform at the top. There are people on the stairs and in the lower right of the picture. The Delaware River is in the immediate background, with port facilities and a ship visible on the New Jersey side. The majority of the picture is a blue sky with white clouds.
October 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM