The Fisherman
The Fisherman is a work of art in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. The Fisherman is situated nearby to the park Esplanade, as well as near South Garden, Fairmount Water Works.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Also known as: “Celebration of Water”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rocky Steps.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 700 feet east of The Fisherman.
Rocky Steps
The Rocky Steps are 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. Rocky Steps is situated 900 feet east of The Fisherman.
MLK Drive Bridge
Bridge
The MLK Drive Bridge is a steel girder bridge built in 1966 over the Schuylkill River on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation owns and maintains the bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mantua and Fairmount.
Mantua
Neighborhood
Photo: Roesluna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.
Fairmount
Neighborhood
Photo: goosegoddesss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.
Powelton Village
Neighborhood
Photo: MikeJones133, Public domain.
Powelton Village is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of mostly Victorian and twin style homes.
The Fisherman
- Category: tourism
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96496° or 39° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-75.18331° or 75° 10′ 60″ westInception
1989Open location code
87F6XR78+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8069734019OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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