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The clocks
William Penn statue
John McArthur: The architect
The art of City Hall: A tour of ten pieces
This land at the city center has had many lives: as a parade ground
for George Washington's troops and a public gallows, as the nation's
first municipal waterworks and a field of green called Center Square,
one of five city parks envisioned by William Penn. In January of 1901,
three decades after construction began, City Hall -- a project
compared to the raising of a medieval cathedral -- was officially
"delivered" to the citizens of Philadelphia.
Now, as City Hall turns 100, the city's attention turns to
the architectural wonder Walt Whitman described as "a majestic and
lovely show there in the moonlight."
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