Tucked away behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a life-size bronze cast of a fisherman gazes out over the banks of the Schuylkill River. Designed by Ellen Fletcher, the sculpture titled “Celebration of Water” first assumed this precarious perch in 1989 to complement the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center—a center that educates the public about the history of the Schuylkill watershed. Despite being a relatively new addition to the riverbank, this fisherman has already had a rather tumultuous experience on the Schuylkill. Sitting so close to the water, he periodically…
