{"id":354436,"date":"2025-12-17T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354436\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:55:08","slug":"new-dinosaur-statue-on-philadelphias-manayunk-bridge-officially-named-after-previous-statue-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354436\/","title":{"rendered":"New dinosaur statue on Philadelphia&#8217;s Manayunk Bridge officially named after previous statue vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The results are in, and the new dinosaur statue at Philadelphia&#8217;s Manayunk Bridge Garden officially has a name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The community was asked to submit name ideas, and Manny came out on top with 46% of the votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Other potential names included Archie, Roxie, and Schuylie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/manayunks-bridget-dino-replaced-being-damaged-vandal-philadelphia\/18210486\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manayunk&#8217;s &#8216;Bridget the Dino&#8217; replaced after being damaged by vandal<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Manny replaced the garden&#8217;s previous dinosaur statue, Bridget, after<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/manayunk-mourns-beloved-bridget-dino-vandal-destroys-neighborhood-statue\/18206074\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> vandals broke off its head in November.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The beloved 300-pound Tyrannosaurus Rex statue had been a staple at the Manayunk Bridge Garden for four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Holod&#8217;s Garden Center in the city&#8217;s Roxborough neighborhood donated the new statue for neighbors to enjoy shortly after the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Manny is already feeling the love from the community, as a kind neighbor has dressed him up in festive gear for the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The results are in, and the new dinosaur statue at Philadelphia&#8217;s Manayunk Bridge Garden officially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[176063,228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-354436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-176063","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}