Isamu Noguchi Isamu Noguchi designed this 60-ton stainless steel sculpture. It is 101-feet tall and marks the axis of Independence Mall and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. It is situated at 5th Street and Vine, in a vest-pocket park. The sculpture depicts a bolt of lighting, a kite, and a key at the base. Plaques within the park offer statistical information about the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and about the Noguchi kite.
Caution is advised to anyone wishing to view the kite up close and in person.
As you look straight up the sculpture you can envision the kite flying high in the Philadelphia sky, attracting the bolt of lightning that changed scientific understanding of electricity forever. The IHA is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1942. On the Internet since July 4, 1995.