Directly across from this marker, a voice rises from the surface of the stone wall at the edge of the river and begins: "How can you know what it means to be here in the clear silence…and continues 1200' up river. In the summer of 1991, two months after it was painted, a section of the stone wall with the first sixty one words collapsed into the river. Sleeping Woman was commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association with support from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Location. 39° 58.733′ N, 75° 11.753′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. Marker is on Schuylkill River Trail east of Fountain Green Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 25 Schuylkill River Trl, Philadelphia PA 19131, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Cowboy (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Playing Angels / Sleeping Woman (approx. 0.2 miles
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 20, 2023
2. Sleeping Woman Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
