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The Split Button

Claes Oldenburg's sixteen-foot aluminium button of 1981 in front of Van Pelt Library, split in the middle. The joke is on the statue of Franklin nearby, whose waistcoat could have lost it.

Guide's tip. Students sit in the split.

On a walking tour. Stop 3 of 10 on the walking tour Penn, along Locust Walk, every stop on a map in walking order.

about 5 min for a visit