Despite the controversy surrounding the new mixed-use construction project at 8623 Germantown Ave., at least one new resident seems perfectly content.
The late J. Seward Johnson’s “Confirming Predictions” sits on a bench in front of the building reading two newspapers. Facing the street, passersby can see the venerable Philadelphia Inquirer announcing an Eagles Super Bowl win. But if strollers peer over his shoulder, they can see what’s really got his attention: a copy of the Chestnut Hill Local.
Commissioned by the site’s owner, Classic Management …
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Despite the controversy surrounding the new mixed-use construction project at 8623 Germantown Ave., at least one new resident seems perfectly content.
The late J. Seward Johnson’s “Confirming Predictions” sits on a bench in front of the building reading two newspapers. Facing the street, passersby can see the venerable Philadelphia Inquirer announcing an Eagles Super Bowl win. But if strollers peer over his shoulder, they can see what’s really got his attention: a copy of the Chestnut Hill Local.
Commissioned by the site’s owner, Classic Management President Michael Young, the statue was unveiled on Thursday, Sept. 25. It is cast bronze and the second created by the Seward Johnson Atelier to be adapted for multiple cities. The first is in Indiana.
Johnson has more than a passing connection to the area; Young’s executive assistant, Melissa Halpin, told the Local, Johnson’s second wife, novelist and theater producer Cecilia Joyce Horton, was raised in Chestnut Hill. The couple married in 1964 and Johnson credited Horton with convincing him to take up sculpture.
