Arts & Entertainment

Meet Ed, The Man Behind Radnor's Rock Sculptures

The rock piles located all along the Main Line are constructed by Ed Basner.

If you drive along the Main Line with any frequency, you've likely seen the art of Ed Basner, a retired dentist, lifelong Wynnewood resident, and renegade rock sculptor.

Basner is the man responsible for the arranged piles of rocks across the Main Line—some of which can be found at train stations, others in front of shops, and some in vacant lots.

Basner has sculptures in Radnor,Lower Merion and Media, and at one point, had 24 standing simultaneously, including:

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  • Sproul Road and Lancaster Ave. in Radnor: In the little park across from the bank on Sproul Road and the stores on Lancaster Ave.
  • : On a boulder along the paved trail

For many who see Basner's sculptures, the burning question is: What do they all mean?

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