City of brotherly love sign?
August 1, 2009 2:41 PM Subscribe
Where in Philadelphia can I see a sign/billboard/public display that says "City of Brotherly Love"? The LOVE sculpture doesn't count - it has to be the whole phrase.
Well, it's not really a slogan, it's what the name means. I would check near entrances to the city, especially the bridges (Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman), but I can't say there's one there for sure.
posted by BiffSlamkovich at 3:49 PM on August 1, 2009
posted by BiffSlamkovich at 3:49 PM on August 1, 2009
You know there's more than one LOVE sign too right?
posted by runcibleshaw at 4:35 PM on August 1, 2009
posted by runcibleshaw at 4:35 PM on August 1, 2009
Best answer: Found this.
The blog is from 2005, so you might want to contact the person who took the picture to see where it was. (There are tons of those plaques in Philly and its burbs.)
posted by NoraCharles at 4:54 PM on August 1, 2009
The blog is from 2005, so you might want to contact the person who took the picture to see where it was. (There are tons of those plaques in Philly and its burbs.)
posted by NoraCharles at 4:54 PM on August 1, 2009
Yeah, google images is no help here. It may not exist.
posted by rhizome at 7:40 PM on August 1, 2009
posted by rhizome at 7:40 PM on August 1, 2009
Best answer: The sign NoraCharles linked to is found at N. Broad St. & John F. Kennedy Blvd., according to this site. So, Broad and JFK.
posted by Danila at 8:03 PM on August 1, 2009
posted by Danila at 8:03 PM on August 1, 2009
That would be City Hall in the background, there.
posted by The Straightener at 9:13 PM on August 1, 2009
posted by The Straightener at 9:13 PM on August 1, 2009
Response by poster: That sign is pretty good - it'd be nice to find something bigger, but it seems like that may not exist.
posted by Awkward Philip at 9:59 PM on August 1, 2009
posted by Awkward Philip at 9:59 PM on August 1, 2009
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My wife, likewise, cannot think of one.
"City of Brotherly Love" hasn't even been the city's slogan for a fair time. For least ten years, it's been "the city that loves you back". And even that's just for tourism promotion shit.
The only place I can vaguely remember seeing it was on a mural on the underside of an overpass. Maybe up in the 15th-22nd range, as they go under Vine? But, this is a very vague recollection, and I wouldn't bet a steak (whiz wit') on it actually existing in that vicinity.
posted by Netzapper at 3:40 PM on August 1, 2009