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A push to move the bronze statue of a triumphant Rocky Balboa to the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps is on the ropes.
Sylvester Stallone donated the statue of himself playing the boxer from the film "Rocky III." Since that 1982 donation, the city has debated where to keep the statue of Rocky with his gloved arms raised.
Most recently, a group proposed putting the 8-foot, 6-inch statue at the base of the museum steps that the cinematic icon mounted in the original 1976 "Rocky" movie.
But the city's Art Commission objected to that move Wednesday, questioning its artistic value.
"It's not art," said artist Moe Brooker, a member of the city Art Commission. "It was a prop."
The 3-3 vote by the commission's art and architecture committee was not a knockout, but left the proposal down with the referee counting. The commission has said other locations should be considered.
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