PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Yo, tourists! The Rocky statue in Philadelphia is off-limits once again.
The statue of the fictional boxer is located near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Sylvester Stallone runs up the steps while training for big fights in various “Rocky” movies.
The statue was off-limits to tourists at the end of April while crews tore down a temporary stage erected for the NFL Draft. On Tuesday, the city's Department of Parks and Recreation says the statue will be closed to tourists for two weeks.
That's because improvements are being made to the site surrounding the statue at the head of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
The changes will keep tourists from getting close enough to the statue to take selfies and other photos.
- Posted June 01, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Philly's 'Rocky' statue closed two weeks for site improvements
headlines Macomb
- Toasting three decades of success
- Court rules absentee ballots with mismatched or missing stubs can’t be counted
- Man sentenced for arson, first-degree animal torture/killing
- St. Clair Shores man arraigned for intentional threat to commit act of violence against a school
- Nessel files reply calling for full public hearings on DTE’s data center application
headlines National
- The business of successfully running an in-house department
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Justice Gorsuch writes children’s book about ‘Heroes of 1776’
- Companies use ‘deceitful tactics’ to market harmful ultra-processed products with ‘addictive nature,’ city’s suit alleges
- Lawyer accused of trying to poison her husband
- ‘Lawyers Gone Wild’? Filmmaker criticizes bar as he seeks ethics probe of serial killer’s daughter for alleged lie
