For Philadelphia casts light on the Comcast Technology Center Lobby with writings from local and global participants.
In a one-acre area at the Bluemle Life Sciences Building on Thomas Jefferson University’s campus, The Roundabout encompasses the landscape. Artist Alice Adams transformed the sire using sculptural and architectural elements, mounds of grass, plantings, pathways, and a water wall.
Marta Sanchez’s bright metal sculptures along Gurney Street were commissioned to help reclaim and beautify a struggling area of the city.
A “mast-like” spire ascends into the sky with a 16-foot spiral staircase wrapping around its base. Visitors can climb the stairs to a platform that offers views up and down the Delaware River.
Not far from the original American Bandstand studio in Philadelphia, Barbara Bullock’s colorful stainless steel dancers at SEPTA’s 46th Street Station embody the energy of jazz, soul, blues, and praise music.
The 500 square foot sculptural seating arrangement – or “outdoor room” as the artist describes it – is made up of multiple pieces of granite, marble, and red sandstone that form the shape of the infinity symbol and are punctuated at both ends by rectangular columns.
Ile Ife Park is the founding project of The Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia, made possible through the collaboration of choreographer Arthur Hall and artist Lily Yeh.
Light is captured and reflected by thousands of dichroic glass panes attached to stainless steel mesh, creating a shimmering effect within the atrium of the University City Science Center.