Rocky Statue To End Homicides In Philadelphia

Friday night, Sylvester Stallone — and Frank! — showed up to dedicate the Rocky statue in its new place next to the Art Museum. (Saturday night around 10:30, there were about 25 people taking photos outside of it. It’s the new Liberty Bell!)

The unveiling didn’t attract the “hundreds of thousands” of admirers predicted, but it did draw about 3,000 people, as well as the Inquirer’s Michael Vitez, who wrote his 48th story in a week about the statue’s move.

Our fine mayor John Street was there, too. And he was eloquent as usual:

“I’m telling you, when we unveil this statue, and when it’s sitting here for just a few months, there’s going to be some people who find out just where the Philadelphia Art Museum is located,” Street said.

But that’s not all! Street said the statue wasn’t just a little movie prop on tucked into a formerly vacant spot at the end of the Parkway.

“This will be a huge attraction for the city of Philadelphia. One that will bring jobs, economic development, and will be a huge impact on the city.”

Indeed! Here’s a short list of just what jobs the Rocky statue will bring to the city:

• Statue polisher
• Statue cleaner
• Statue guarder
• Assistant statue polisher
• Supervisor to the statue guarder
• Director of statue management
• Superintendent of statue management
• Intern
• Special assistant to the superintendent of statue management
• Consultant

All with city benefits, of course.

‘Rocky and I thank you’ [Inquirer]
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