The symbolic entrance for Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Painted bright gold, green, blue, and red, it reflects a traditional Chinese architectural style of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

Artist Diane Pieri’s nine mosaic “stoops” enhance and interpret the physical and natural environment of the Manayunk Canal Towpath.

Commissioned by the General Service Administration’s Art in Architecture program, this Louise Nevelson sculpture was dedicated during an elaborate reception in January 1976, at the dawn of the bicentennial year.

The 58-ton Bolt of Lightning refers to the famous experiment in which Franklin flew a kite in an electrical storm.

Facing City Hall tower with its sculpture of William Penn, Clothespin has the jolting and humorous effect of a familiar object seen out of context.

Located opposite the main entrance of the Franklin Institute, the bronze sphere is dedicated to the aviators who died in World War I.

Around 478 BCE, Polyzalos, the Tyrant of Gela in Sicily, commissioned a statue to express his gratitude to the god Apollo for his charioteer’s victory in the Pythian Games. The cast near Philadelphia’s Museum of Art was a gift from the Greek government.

Over thirty-six feet tall and weighing more than 53,000 pounds, Alexander Milne Calder’s William Penn atop City Hall is one of Philadelphia’s most prominent landmarks.

Philadelphia was one of the first cities in the nation to erect a monument to Lincoln after he was assassinated.

A memorial to the French heroine, the French community in Philadelphia sought the aid of the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) to commemorate their centennial.