Looking at William Penn
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Janila
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Looking down at William Penn who sits atop City Hall in Philadelphia. This view of the 37 foot founder of Pennsylvania was from the 33rd floor of the Loews Hotel building at 12th and Market Streets.
Waymark Code: WM9RC2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2010
Views: 15
Enter the Loews Hotel from the 12th St valet entrance and take the elevator to the 33rd floor.
Borrowed from our Philadelphia Trolley tour guide:
The city of Philadelphia will not allow any buildings taller than William Penn that would block William's view of Penn Landing, the place where Penn first entered the land that would become Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All buildings taller than this statue are located behind him.
Borrowed from Wikipedia:
With close to 700 rooms, City Hall is the largest municipal building in the United States and one of the largest in the World. The building houses three branches of government, the Executive (Mayor's Office), the Legislative (City Council), and the Judicial Branch's Civil Courts (Court of Common Pleas).
The building is topped by an 11.3-m (37 ft), 27-ton bronze statue of city founder William Penn, one of 250 sculptures created by Alexander Milne Calder that adorn the building inside and out. The statue is the tallest atop any building in the world.
Calder wished the statue to face south so that its face would be lit by the sun most of the day, all the better to reveal the details that he had included in the work. The statue actually faces a little northeast, towards Penn Treaty Park in the Fishtown section of the city, which commemorates the site where William Penn signed a treaty with the local Native American tribe
City Name: Philadelphia
View Type: Over Land
Location Type: Man-made Structure
City Lights: yes
Terrain: 
Distance: Not listed
Fee: Not Listed
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