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Benjamin Franklin Parkway - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos by Ben Prepelka
Ben Prepelka Photography
Inset photo-Penn Statue, sculpted by A. Calder-1894

   Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the William Penn bronze statue by Alexander Milne Calder 1894 mile long Roadway of Flags, diagonally slices through center-city, Philadelphia. The majority of the other city streets were laid out in a square grid. The parkway, running from city hall and ending at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is the center of city culture. The avenue was designed in the early 1900s by Frenchman Jacques Greber, and today, the boulevard displays flags from every country of the world.
   In this view, City Hall, topped with a 37 foot bronze Rocky Statue - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania statue of William Penn, stands out at the parkway's end. City Hall, a National Historic Landmark, was the tallest building in Philadelphia until 1987. Located at southern end of the Franklin Parkway and centered where Broad and Market streets criss-cross, Philadelphia's City Hall is still the largest municipal building in America.
   At the other end of the parkway is the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Here, Rocky Balboa's jog up the front entrance steps of the museum in 1976 still has fans repeating this Oscar-winning film scene. Off to the side of the Rocky Steps you'll find the Rocky Statue. The statue is a bronze sculpture of the movie character Rocky Balboa.

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