DESCRIPTION:
Subject: Logan Square and Fountain, Philadelphia, PA
Condition: Good (See scans)
Back side: Divided
Circulated: Yes
Year: 1911
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: October 3, 1911, Philadelphia, PA
"Besides serving as the center of Logan Square, the Fountain also stands as the midpoint on the Ben Franklin Parkway, which includes also sculptures by two other generations of the Calder family. Stirling Calder's father, Alexander Milne Calder, designed the statue of William Penn atop the tower of City Hall at the southeast end, while, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the northwest end, the mobile Ghosts is by Alexander Calder, Stirling Calder's son. This led to a local wit referring to the three sculptures as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
For many years the fountain was framed by a magnificent circle of Paulownia trees, which have had to be replaced.
The fountain rose to small fame due to its mention in songs by the pop punk band, The Wonder Years. The song Logan Circle from the album The Upsides opens with "They turned on the fountain today at Logan Circle." There are several fountain references, and references to the city of Philadelphia in the band's lyrics." (Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swann_Memorial_Fountain)
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