Friday, November 6, 2026

Trivia: LOVE Park’s famous sculpture was only loaned to Philadelphia for the 1976 Bicentennial. How did it end up staying?

Answer: After the city declined to buy it and the sculpture was removed in 1978, Philadelphia Art Commission chairman F. Eugene Dixon Jr. bought it for about $35,000 and donated it to the city. The sculpture was created by Pop artist Robert Indiana.