# Pet store where Rocky met Adrian demolished. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-store-where-rocky-met-adrian-demolished/784967 "2017-04-22T04:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-store-where-rocky-met-adrian-demolished/784967/1 "2017-04-22T04:28:53Z")
The filming locations in Philadelphia made Rocky uniquely authentic. It wouldn’t have been the same on a sound stage. The pet shop scenes with Rocky and Adrian are one of my favorite moments in the film. They filmed in a real pet shop. Tourists have visited it for decades. The building is finally getting torn down. There’s a clip from Rocky in this article. Talia Shire does such a great job portraying shy Adrian. > **[Pet shop where Rocky Balboa met Adrian in the films is demolished](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4432720/Rocky-films-pet-shop-demolished-Philadelphia.html)** > > Sightseers on Thursday spotted construction crews tearing down the Philadelphia building that was home to the fictional pet store where Rocky courted his eventual wife, Adrian. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-store-where-rocky-met-adrian-demolished/784967/2 "2017-04-22T06:12:50Z")
[This photo](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/21/14/3F74F2A600000578-0-image-a-4_1492781469642.jpg) of the store from last year indicates that the building’s time may have come. According to the article, it’s been unoccupied for a decade.