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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Description This fountain, located in Kansas City North in Anita B. Gorman Park, is one of two fountains that runs year round. It has also been called the “Spirit of
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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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Description Harold Rice formed the City of Fountains Foundation in 1973 with the goal of adding one fountain per year. This fountain, dedicated to him, is a pedestal with its multi-tiered bowls
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~CURRENTLY NOT OPERATIONAL~ Description: This pedestal fountain is another quiet statement of beauty along Ward Parkway. Two saucers issue water into the pool below. At one time, a sunken garden
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: Dennis McMan Installed: 2002 Description In the median of Shoal Creek Parkway at the entrance to the Shoal Creek Golf Course sits this little waterfall fountain. Lots of landscaping with trees,
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Artist/Designer: Burns & McDonnell Installed: 2002 Description In the median of Shoal Creek Parkway just north of NE 87th Street and a few blocks north of Highway 152 sits this fountain. The
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**The fountain is currently down for repair. Artist/Designer: Bowman Bowman Novick Dedicated: August 2002 The beautiful Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden at Loose Park has been adorned with a water
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