Northland Fountain
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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Places
Observation Park Fountain
~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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Bernard Powell Memorial Fountain
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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Harold D. Rice Fountain
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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Romany Fountain
~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
William T. Fitzsimons Memorial Fountain
~CURRENTLY NOT OPERATIONAL~ Artist/Designer: John Van Brunt Installed: 1922 Description This is a bas relief memorial fountain which is embedded in a curved, Dakota limestone wall 19 feet high and
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Eagle Scout Memorial Fountain
Location: Gillham Road at 39th Street Designer: Stone Sculpture – Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952), sculptor Dedicated: October 6, 1968 Description: Height: 22 feet overall; Length: 39 feet overall; Width: 40 feet overall A marble
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Carl J. Dicapo Fountain
Artist/Designer: Larkin Associates Installed: 1989 Description This fountain, named for Carl DiCapo–a Parks Commissioner, restaurateur (Italian Gardens), and community volunteer–is located in Kessler Park on scenic Cliff Drive in Kansas
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Ilus W. Davis Fountain
Artist/Designer: Sasaki Associates Installed: 2001 Description Ilus W. Davis Park, named for the 1960s mayor who was associated with the city’s growth and progress, strengthens the north-south axis and adds softness and
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Children’s Fountain
Artist/Designer: Tom Corbin/Bowman Bowman Novick Inc. and Larkin Associates Installed: 1995 Description/History Playful, happy, challenging, thoughtful–all are terms that can be used to describe Kansas City’s Children’s Fountain. The fountain
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