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Here’s why there are wolf and turkey sculptures on top of Fishtown lampposts

As it turns out, the sculptures — installed about two weeks ago — actually represent the Native Americans who once lived where Fishtown now sits and who signed the treaty with William Penn.

A wolf sculpture stands on top of a lamp post near the I-95 overpass in Fishtown on East Columbia Ave., which is a part of a public art installation approved as part of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation's project that aims to connect neighborhoods with the waterfront.
A wolf sculpture stands on top of a lamp post near the I-95 overpass in Fishtown on East Columbia Ave., which is a part of a public art installation approved as part of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation's project that aims to connect neighborhoods with the waterfront.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer