Italian Market says it’s getting rid of the Frank Rizzo mural
A statue of the former Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner was removed from Thomas Paine Plaza on Wednesday. The mural has been in the market for nearly 25 years.
Mural of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo by artist Diane Keller and Mural Arts Program was vandalized again. The mural is in a small plaza on S. 9th and Montrose. Mural Arts and the Italian Market business owners are going to take it down.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer
