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Alexander "Sandy" Calder descended from a family of famous Philadelphia sculptors. His father's Swann Memorial Fountain on Logan Square and grandfather's City Hall sculptures represent art work from three generations. Trained as a mechan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TE_making-the-city-beautiful_Philadelphia-PA.html
In the late 19th century, factories provided most of the jobs in Philadelphia and the city was smoky and grimy. The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago began a "City Beautiful" movement that inspired civic leaders and urban planners across the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TD_green-spaces-fresh-air_Philadelphia-PA.html
In 1918, the Fairmount Park Commission hired Jacques Greber to create a landscape plan for the newly opened parkway. Greber set out to bring a slice of the park into the heart of the city,
Where earlier plans had shown a street lined with buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20SU_power-and-politics_Philadelphia-PA.html
The Benjamin Franklin Parkway, opened in 1918, was one of the largest projects of urban redesign ever undertaken.
It was a product of the Reform Era in American politics, marked by improvements in public education and public health, and a crackdo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20SS_friends-select-school_Philadelphia-PA.html
Friends Select School provides a strong, academic education to elementary and secondary school-aged children. Overseen by two Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the school traces its roots to the founding of the nation's first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S6_swann-memorial-fountain_Philadelphia-PA.html
In the tradition of "river god" sculpture, three bronze figures of Native Americans symbolize Philadelphia waterways. The man represents the Delaware River. The mature woman is the Schuylkill River, and the young woman is the Wissahickon…
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Held at Logan Square from June 7-28, 1864, this event raised more than one million dollars for the Union cause during the Civil War. Formed to coordinate efforts of women volunteering to support the war effort, the Commission gave relief and comfo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S4_1914-1918-tribute-trees_Philadelphia-PA.html
The trees along this parkway have been planted as a tribute of honor and gratitude to the men who served their country in the Great War
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S3_pope-john-paul-ii_Philadelphia-PA.html
This plaque commemorates the site where His Holiness Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass and proclaimed his message of peace and love to the people of Philadelphia and the nation October 5, 1979
Presented by the Philadelphia Chapter, Knights of Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S2_sister-cities-park_Philadelphia-PA.html
This portion of Logan Square was dedicated as Sister Cities Plaza in 1976 to recognize Philadelphia's participation in the global Sister Cities Program, which builds peace, mutual understanding and economic ties through official city-to-city relat…