It’s a symbol of the city. But is it art? By Victor Mather Preliminary approval was given on Wednesday to move the Rocky statue, which Philadelphians have embraced as a symbol of their city for almost ...

The statue, created for Rocky III, has been moved around to various locations throughout the city in recent decades. Since 2006, it has been located at the base of the steps leading to the ...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art steps will not be the only place in the city with a Rocky statue. The Philadelphia International Airport is set to have a Rocky statue, the public affairs manager of the ...

Rocky Balboa is back on top. Philadelphia’s art board has voted to return the iconic statue of Sylvester Stallone’s rags-to-riches movie hero back to the top of the steps of the Philadelphia Art ...

Creative Philadelphia’s proposal to permanently install a Rocky statue at the top of the Philadelphia Art Museum’s famed steps is one step closer to reality following a Philadelphia Art Commission ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Every year, about four million people visit the Rocky Statue, making it just as popular as the Statue of Liberty. Now, city officials are considering a proposal to move the ...

Tourists at the Philadelphia Art Museum got a surprise on Wednesday: a film crew re-creating one of cinema's most recognizable moments — Rocky Balboa's triumphant sprint up the museum steps. But the ...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will host a series of new pop-ups with a beer garden, food trucks and games atop of the Rocky steps starting this weekend. The events, called Summer on the Steps, take ...

Gonna Fly Now: it's near impossible to take the 72 steps up to Museum of Art in Philadelphia without thinking of the legendary scene from the movie Rocky with Sylvester Stallone. It is probably the ...

Nine years after Frank Gehry was hired to redesign the Philadelphia Art Museum the renowned architect made a radical proposal to alter the building's iconic Rocky steps. Among his plans to renovate ...