- Source: William Penn (Calder)
William Penn is a bronze statue of William Penn, the founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Alexander Milne Calder.
It is located atop the Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was installed in 1894. It was cast in fourteen sections, and took almost two years to finish.
For almost 90 years, an unwritten gentlemen's agreement forbade any building in the city from rising above the hat on the Penn statue. This agreement ended in 1985, when final approval was given to the Liberty Place complex. Its centerpieces are two skyscrapers, One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place, which rose well above the height of Penn's hat.
A copy of the statue stands at Welcome Park. In 2024, the National Park Service proposed renovation of the park, which would include removal of the statue there.
Gallery
See also
Curse of Billy Penn
List of public art in Philadelphia
References
External links
William Penn at Philadelphia Public Art
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
- Daftar ahli botani berdasarkan singkatan penulis
- William Penn (Calder)
- Alexander Milne Calder
- William Penn (disambiguation)
- Philadelphia City Hall
- William Penn
- Curse of Billy Penn
- Alexander Stirling Calder
- Alexander Calder
- List of presidents of Pennsylvania State University
- Herbert Matter
