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FOUNTAIN RENOVATIONS
One iconic Kansas City Fountain was reenergized in 2017 while another began its renovation journey.
On October 25, neighbors, community leaders and fountain enthusiasts joined in celebration at the long-awaited
rededication of the Meyer Circle Sea Horse Fountain. A grass-roots, bi-state, neighborhood fundraising initiative
that began in 2016 raised nearly $600,000 in donations to establish an endowment and supplement the City’s
$660,000 for rehabilitation of this highly visible Ward Parkway fountain.
The fountain, which was dormant for two years, required extensive repairs—rebuilding the vault and refurbishing/
replacing the circular pool basin, water pipes, jets and masonry. With the addition of perimeter rope lighting, LED
fountain lighting, improved waterproofi ng for the basin, and a heavy-duty door for the underground pump room,
renovations were complete.
The statuary portion of the historic fountain weighs 16,000 lbs. and dates back to the 1700s where it stood for
300 years in a Venetian square. The fi gures were brought over from Italy in the early 1920s. An 80-foot diameter
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