At A Glance

The towering figures were installed shortly after the completion of the bridge in 1995
Affectionately known as the “Stick Men”
Artist William Dickey began creating his large, open-air aluminum sculptures in the 1960s

Hand-in-hand in a grouping of three, William Dickey King’s thirty-foot-tall stick figures appear to stride across Philadelphia’s South Street Pedestrian Bridge. Affectionately known as the “Stick Men,” the aluminum and steel sculpture allows for pedestrians to easily pass through it to the other side of the bridge, which connects South Street over I-95 to Penn’s Landing. The towering figures were installed shortly after the completion of the bridge in 1995.

Selected by the City of Philadelphia’s Streets Department for the commission, artist William Dickey King began creating his large, open-air aluminum sculptures in the 1960s. He is known for his public artworks that depict tall human figures with long and slender limbs engaged in everyday activities.