Playing Angels is a sculpture series along the Schuylkill River and Kelly Drive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The bronze pieces are balanced on separate concrete pedestals overlooking the river bank and are about a mile away from Boathouse Row.
The figures are cast from three angel statues created in 1950 in Millesgården, Sweden by Swedish artist Carl Milles.
The city of Philadelphia commissioned Milles to complete five angel statues and planned to place them in a private location.
[1] However, when these plans fell through, two of the statues were purchased by Kansas City, Missouri and Falls Church, Virginia, and the remaining three were incorporated outside Milles' property in Millesgården, Sweden.