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Take in the moment, snap a quick pic, and be on your way. A short but iconic scene at the beginning of the first Rocky movie where Frank Stallone and some of his buddies sing while staying warm surrounding a fire barrel. They were seen again in Rocky II serenading Rocky and Adrian after they got married. Street singers were common in Philadelphia around the time Rocky and Rocky II were filmed. This Kensington, Pennsylvania neighborhood apartment was the first home that Rocky and Adrian shared (Butkus, too!), and where they spent their wedding night in Rocky 2. The house is located in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia and was built in 1935.
Rocky II Philadelphia home on the market for just 139,000 dollars - Daily Mail
Rocky II Philadelphia home on the market for just 139,000 dollars.
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Looking for respect, Tommy Gunn seeks out Rocky for. He finds him across the street from Mighty Mick’s Gym at Andy’s Bar, now Stelio’s Pizza. What starts out as an unsanctioned boxing match without gloves turns into an epic street fight, that Rocky ultimately wins, leaving Gunn a bloody heap in the street.
Rocky & Adrian’s House
The web’s most comprehensive list of filming locations used in Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” movies, covering spots from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Built in 1920, the Richmond-area building today is a 3-bedroom, 1-bath row house measuring 1,036 square feet and listed for $139,000, just above Philadelphia’s median home value of $106,700. From the outside, Rocky Balboa’s row house looks exactly as it did on the big screen in 1979.
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The location of the Los Angeles interior of Rocky’s apartment is as yet unknown. The building itself dates to 1920 and during the 1970’s was owned by Eleanor O’Hey; O’Hey was paid just $50 for the use of the exterior of her home during the filming of the original Rocky due to the film’s low-budget. On the southern end of Tusculum Street you’ll find the narrow brick front address where Rocky Balboa lived until early 1976 – hey, he said it was only temporary.
The 14,467-square-foot property sits on an impressive 50 acres and was designed to resemble a village in Normandy. The current seller is venture capitalist Robert Burch, the former brother-in-law of fashion designer Tory Burch. "It might add to the allure of the house, but I don't know that it would make people put more money on the house," Joe Bianco, the listing agent for the property, told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "It's just something cool. I think people would like know about any house that has a bit of history." In the 1979 film, Rocky Balboa buys the rowhome on 2313 South Lambert Street in Philadelphia's Girard Estate neighborhood with the winnings from his fight with Apollo Creed.
This unassuming neighborhood features the actual home which was used as the front for Adrian and Paulie’s house in the original Rocky and later as the home which the entire Balboa family shared in Rocky V. This is a very solid neighborhood in South Philly, with new bricks – and Rocky’s an expert on bricks. Plus, the numbers on this house, 2313, almost add up to nine.
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The hillside property dates back to 1866, and features a converted carriage house as the main home, a separate stone home, and a tiny one-room studio that sits tucked among a field of ferns. Rocky Crest is a 13-bedroom home on the Main Line, once the estate of Joseph Pew, Jr., one of the sons of the founder of Sun Oil Company who later helped establish Pew Charitable Trusts. The expansive 13,500-square-foot property sits on 15 acres—5.9 of which have been preserved into perpetuity—and dates back to about 1908. Also on the grounds is a “nearly” Olympic-sized pool, a pool house, a tennis court, and a carriage house with two 1-bedroom apartments inside.
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The 90-year-old residence is a two-story row house covering 1,036 square feet, with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a basement. It's situated in a South Philadelphia neighborhood in walking distance of Girard Park. And it definitely doesn't hurt that it's been touched by a little bit of film magic. If you're interested in the home, take a look for yourself and click through our photos of the property, courtesy of Realtor.com. Hollowood Estate in Chestnut Hill is the only estate located in Philly on this list. In fact, it’s referred to as a miniature estate, with three structures on the three-acre property.
If you are standing in front of Mighty Mick’s Gym, look to the right across the street. The Atomic Hoagie Shop was the local hangout for Little Marie and the neighborhood kids in the original Rocky movie. The sixth movie Rocky Balboa wrapped up Rocky’s career. As this is a residential area, we parked the car away from the apartment and took a few quick photos but without getting too close – like sitting on the steps. The apartment remains very true to its 70’s look.
According to the listing on listhub.net, the home that Rocky Balboa bought with his winnings at the end of Rocky II, located at 2313 South Lambert Street in the Girard Estate neighborhood of Philadelphia, is on the market. Probably the most popular cheesesteak sandwich joint for tourists in Philly, Pat’s King of Steaks has been known to sell upwards of 6000 cheesesteak sandwiches on a busy Saturday. Fans of 1976’s “Rocky” movie may recognize Pat’s as where Rocky and loan shark Tony Gazzo had a bite to eat.
Los Angeles is prominent in several on the movies, as was Las Vegas in Rocky Balboa for the Italian Stallion’s last fight against heavyweight champ Mason Dixon. In Rocky IV, Mormon Row in Moose Wyoming portrayed the snowy Russian countryside where Rocky lived and trained for his Christmas Day showdown with Ivan Drago. The home in South Philadelphia was featured in the 1979 movie "Rocky II." In the sequel to the Oscar-winning smash, the fictional boxer played by Sylvester Stallone buys the house after he loses a bout to Apollo Creed but gains fame.
There is a plaque on the wall that says, “On this spot stood Sylvester Stallone filming the great motion picture Rocky. The bathroom in the movie was also a real one, and was reportedly disgusting, which helped fuel Sylvester Stallone’s dramatic scene with Burgess Meredith in which Mickey comes to Rocky’s apartment to ask him to take him on as his manager. This house went on the market in the summer of 2013 and was heavily publicized for it’s connection to the Rocky movies (see one article in Philadelphia Magazine about the Rocky 2 house). Please remember that some of the locations listed above are private homes, where people currently live. It’s not like the people now living there don’t know their homes were in the movies, but it has to be annoying having tons of Rocky fans show up and be disruptive.
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