Taking its nickname from Robert Indiana's LOVE sculpture, this public space was revamped in 2018 during which the iconic sculpture, a city landmark, also received a face-lift and a new water feature.

Fun fact: the plaza was one of the designs of architect and city planner Edmund Bacon, father of the actor Kevin Bacon.


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1. Municipal Services Building Plaza

0.11 MILES

Scattered across this plaza are the playful Your Move by Daniel Martinez, Renee Petropoulis and Roger White, which consists of giant board-game pieces;…

2. Clothespin

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Pay attention and you'll soon see that Claes Oldenburg's oversized Corten steel sculpture is substantially more stylised than a run-of-the-mill peg you…

3. Dilworth Park

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On the west side of City Hall this compact public area includes the Rothman Ice Rink in winter, which is replaced by a fountain with dancing water spouts…

4. Grumman Greenhouse

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Jordan Griska's dramatic conceptional work is formed from a Grumman Tracker II naval plane that appears to have crash-landed at a jaunty angle into the…

5. Masonic Temple

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Although the fortress-like exterior of this 1873 building is pretty impressive, it's the spectacular interiors – which took a further 15 years to complete…

6. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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This prestigious arts school, founded in 1805, occupies two buildings including a masterwork of Victorian Gothic architecture designed by Frank Furness…

7. City Hall

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Completed in 1901 following 30 years of construction, City Hall takes up a whole block, and at 548ft is the world's tallest structure without a steel…

8. Paint Torch

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This 51ft fiberglass paintbrush with an accompanying giant blob of paint is a 2011 work by Claes Oldenburg. At night the orange paint-coated bristles of…