Artist/Designer: Wheeler Williams Dedicated: December 2, 1962 Description: Also called the “Muse of the Missouri” Mr. and Mrs. James Kemper, Sr. of a prominent Kansas City banking family presented this memorial to the city […]
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Artist/Designer: Lori Doolittle and Alvin Holm Installed: 1999 Location: KCATA Transit Plaza Description This fountain draws its inspiration from the ancient stone bowl in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Rozelle
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Dates: Constructed 1934-35, Rehabilitated 2011-2014 Designer: Wight and Wight Description On the north side of the National WWI Museum and Memorial, underneath the Great Frieze and flanking the 90′ wide flight of
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Dates: Constructed 1999-2002, Opened 2002, Rehabilitated 2011-2014 Designer: ASAI Architects Description: On the south side of the National WWI Museum and Memorial, in front of its entrance, sits this fountain. It is
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~CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION~ Dates: Dedicated June 11, 2004 Artist/Designer: Jim O’ Shea Description: AKA Mill Creek Park Sanctuary This water garden sits in Mill Creek Park north of the J.C.
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Artist/Designer: Henri-Léon Gréber Dates: Sculpted in 1910; Installed in 1960 Description: This fountain is the best-known and most-photographed of all of the city’s fountains. It is located at the east entrance
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~CURRENTLY NOT OPERATIONAL~ Artist/Designer: John Van Brunt This fountain is on the north side of Observation Park near stairs leading up into the park by the intersection of Holly Street and
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Artist/Designer: Eugene (Bud) Bortner Installed: 1985 Description Bernard Powell, an activist who founded the Social Action Committee of 20, was slain in 1979. After his death, the statue was commissioned
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Artist/Designer: Bernhard Zuckerman Installed: 1967 Description: A triangular traffic island at a busy intersection on the Plaza is the setting for this ornate fountain. Sculptor Bernhard Zuckerman was commissioned to
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Artist/Designer: Richard Hunt Installed: 1981 Description A 5,000 lb. metallic free form sculpture sits on a pedestal in the middle of a retaining pool – elliptical in shape with raised
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