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1950

Three Penn Center

1953

Architecture

November 24th, 1953

Construction begins for Three Penn Center, the first Penn Center building.
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1950

Italian Contemporary Art, Creative Gallery

1953

Exhibition

December 1st, 1953

December 1953 Italian Contemporary Art, Creative Gallery, 1903 Chestnut Street
Organized by Salvatore Meo and his brother Joseph Meo.
Afro (Basaldella), Giacomo Balla, Alberto Burri, Corrado Cagli, Vincent D’Agostino, Antonio Marasco, Pericle Fazzini, DeTomi, and Marchegiani. In addition to these artists listed on the card, the anonymous review published in the Sunday Bulletin cites others such as Mirko Basaldella and Omiccioli.
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1950

Broad Street Station Demolished

1953

City Planning

December 31st, 1953

The Broad Street Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad is demolished along with the Chinese Wall. 
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1950

Stephen Pace, Hendler Gallery

1953

Exhibition

December 31st, 1953

Stephen Pace, one-person show at Hendler Gallery.

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1950

Lee Andrews & The Hearts

1953

Music

December 31st, 1953

  • Lee Andrew and the Hearts
    purple-radio.co.uk
Lee Andrews & The Hearts, a Philadelphia doo-wop quintet forms in 1953. Questlove (born January 20, 1971), the drummer and producer for the Roots, is Lee Andrew’s son and later went to school at Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
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1950

Mercedes Matter at Philadelphia College of Art

1953

General Culture

December 31st, 1953

  • Mercedes Matters

 

Mercedes Matter begins teaching at Philadelphia College of Art
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1950

Anni Albers and Franz Kline, Philadelphia Museum School

1953

General Culture

December 31st, 1953

Philadelphia Museum School of Art catalog lists Anni Albers and Franz Kline as instructors.
Kline stays with Melville Price in Philadelphia during teaching days. 
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1950

Dr. Paul Makler, Barnes Foundation

1953

General Culture

December 31st, 1953

From 1953–55 Dr. Paul Makler studies at the Barnes Foundation.

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1950

Sol Mednick, Photography Department Philadelphia Museum School of Art

1953

Photography + Film

December 31st, 1953

  • Sol Mednick
    Sol Mednick with Photogram Collage” c. 1960 Photo by Ben Somoroff
Sol Mednick starts the Photography Department at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art.
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1950

Independence Mall, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1953

City Planning

December 31st, 1953

  • Independence Mall
    Independence National Historical Park, VISIT PHILLY
  • Independence Mall
    Independence National Historical Park, VISIT PHILLY
Independence Mall is started by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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1950

Re-Art: A Reflection of Current Ideas on the Arts

1954

Literature

January 1st, 1954

Published by Ed Colker and Eugene Feldman. Only one issue. Archives of American Art.

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1950

Bill Haley and the Comets, Shake, Rattle, and Roll

1954

Music

April 8th, 1954

April 8, 1954 Bill Haley and the Comets record Shake, Rattle and Roll. 
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1950

Duchamp, Large Glass

1954

General Culture

July 25th, 1954

  • Marcel Duchamp and Henri Marceau Overseeing the installation of 'The Large Glass' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
    artstor.org
July 25, 1954 photograph of installation of Duchamp’s Large Glass at Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia Inquirer .
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1950

Public Access to the Arensberg Collection

1954

Exhibition

October 13th, 1954

October 13 - 16, 1954 The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection opens to the public.
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1950

Society Hill Renewal

1954

City Planning

December 31st, 1954

Federal legislations for conservation and rehabilitation of blighted areas are passed, allowing Society Hill renewal to move forward. Speculators begin to buy properties and values rise.
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1950

Raymond Hendler "Painting Today" Lecture

1954

General Culture

December 31st, 1954

Raymond Hendler gives a lecture called “Painting Today” at the Unitarian Church Intellectual Assembly, Philadelphia.
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1950

Robert Venturi, American Academy Rome

1954

Architecture

December 31st, 1954

Robert Venturi arrives at the American Academy in Rome for two years.
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1950

Rudolf Staffel Porcelain Dinnerware

1954

Crafts

December 31st, 1954

Rudolph Staffel begins work in porcelain through a commission to make dinnerware. 
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1950

Joe Carreiro Industrial Design Chair at PMCA

1954

General Culture

December 31st, 1954

  • Contemporary Furniture
    Affects Effects PCA Catalog 1982
From 1954 – 1964 Joe Carreiro is the Industrial Design Chair at PMCA. With a modernist design aesthetics he the program's emphasis is on business and industry.
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1950

Bill Haley & The Comets, Rock Around the Clock

1955

Music

March 1st, 1955

March 1955 -After being used in the hit film about juvenile delinquency “The Blackboard Jungle,” Bill Haley & The Comets “Rock Around The Clock” becomes the first rock record to top the Pop Charts, holding the #1 position for two months and remaining in the Top 100 for a then-record 38 weeks. It would be 39 years before that mark was broken.
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