The city of Philadelphia officially no longer owns a controversial statue depicting a former mayor and police commissioner. A spokesperson with the Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development ...

The 10-foot bronze statue of Frank Rizzo, the former Philadelphia police commissioner and mayor, will be going back to the group of supporters that donated it to the city in 1998. The Philadelphia Art ...

If’s been more than five years since officials removed the Frank Rizzo statue from public display in Philadelphia amid the unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Since then, the city has been ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Art Commission on Wednesday approved a plan to return a statue ...

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