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1½ inches thick (3.75 cm)
Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
Artist Demetrios Hatzopoulos
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Description This is a photo of William Penn who sits atop Philadelphias City Hall. Prior to March 1987, Philadelphia's City Hall was considered the tallest building in Philadelphia and William Penn overlooked the city which he founded.On June 18, 2007, the Comcast Center became the tallest building in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in an official topping-out ceremony.When the final beam in the construction was raised on June 18, ironworkers of Local Union 401 attached a small figurine of William Penn to the beam in homage to the statue atop Philadelphia's City Hall, in an attempt to break the Curse of Billy Penn (the alleged curse is sometimes used to explain the failure of professional sports teams based in Philadelphia to win championships since the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue). The Philadelphia Phillies would go on to win the 2008 World Series the following season, ending the long championship drought in Philadelphia.Coincidence I think NOT!
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Product No 1635257
Subjects Architecture, Historic Buildings, Landmarks
Style
Medium
Tags Demetrios, Hatzopoulos, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia's City Hall, William Penn, architecture, gothic, historical, love, penn, philadelphia, william
Product No 1635257
Subjects Architecture, Historic Buildings, Landmarks
Style
Medium
Tags Demetrios, Hatzopoulos, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia's City Hall, William Penn, architecture, gothic, historical, love, penn, philadelphia, william