{"id":933392,"date":"2026-07-14T03:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/933392\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:16:17","slug":"iconic-bronze-fonz-statue-in-milwaukee-vanishes-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/933392\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Bronze Fonz statue in Milwaukee vanishes: Here&#8217;s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic Bronze Fonz statue vanishes from Milwaukee&#8217;s riverfront: Here&#8217;s why<\/p>\n<p>Visit Milwaukee says the &#8220;Happy Days&#8221; character tribute is undergoing some TLC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/news-team\/86d60104-2f70-42ed-a2f8-21abed73de95\" aria-label=\"Blake Eason profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/86d60104-2f70-42ed-a2f8-21abed73de95_1732123288.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Blake Eason\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">MILWAUKEE \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Milwaukee&#8217;s iconic Bronze Fonz statue has disappeared, but only temporarily. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Visit Milwaukee shared an update on the well-known Riverwalk staple Monday, July 13.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">&#8220;The Bronze Fonz is temporarily away for repairs and will return later this summer, ready to welcome visitors once again,&#8221; Visit Milwaukee shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmilwaukee.org\/things-to-do\/attractions\/the-bronze-fonz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The iconic Milwaukee landmark pays homage to Arthur  Fonzarelli, also known as &#8220;Fonzie,&#8221; from the popular 1950&#8217;s sitcom &#8220;Happy Days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The 5&#8242; 6&#8243; bronze statue has had a home on Milwaukee&#8217;s RiverWalk just south of Wells Street since 2008. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iconic Bronze Fonz statue vanishes from Milwaukee&#8217;s riverfront: Here&#8217;s why Visit Milwaukee says the &#8220;Happy Days&#8221; character tribute&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":933393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[354027,648,1032,8064,79451,19919,1033,171,376389,376394,155475,376396,130239,376392,316,376390,376393,5991,6375,5811,3196,8743,180590,27742,83930,58047,5331,58592,67,132,20812,68,376391,79783,376395],"class_list":["post-933392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arthur","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-bronze","tag-bronze-statue","tag-character","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-fonz","tag-fonzarelli","tag-gone","tag-happy-day","tag-happy-days","tag-homage","tag-home","tag-iconic-bronze-fonz-statue","tag-iconic-milwaukee-landmark","tag-july","tag-milwaukee","tag-missing","tag-movie","tag-river","tag-riverfront","tag-riverwalk","tag-sitcom","tag-statue","tag-tourism","tag-tribute","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-update","tag-us","tag-visit-milwaukee","tag-walk","tag-well-known-riverwalk-staple-monday"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116916165391758254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}