Lunchtime with Ben

The University of Pennsylvania was founded by Benjamin Franklin, so naturally Ben is popular. For example, you can find him sitting in the middle of one of the quadrangles.

What is Ben looking at? A giant broken button.

Split Button - Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

If Ben could turn his head a little to his left, he would see an iconic Philadelphia work of art.

Love - Robert Indiana.

If he could look a tiny bit to the right of Love, he would see an enormous silver peace sign.

I didn't see a plaque with the title and name of the sculptor for this one. However, if you look closely you will see a little Tupperware container behind the base of the peace sign. I opened it up, and there seemed to be some sort of tickets or chits related to a scavenger hunt or other type of search game in there.

Walking back to the office, I strolled down a walkway decorated with Ben's aphorisms. For example:

Finally, here's Ben again, sitting on a bench reading a newspaper with some friendly visitors who said yes when I asked if I could take their photo.

Always something to see in Philadelphia.