In , Fountain Day falls on Friday, April The City of Fountains Foundation. Breadcrumb Things To Do Attractions. The City of Fountains Today, visitors will find more than fountains scattered throughout the metro, large and small, artistically intricate and cleverly simple. Famous Fountains David Arbogast While more than fountains grace Kansas City's landscape, a few oft-photographed favorites stand out as exemplary examples of the metro region's undeniable beauty: J.
Nichols Memorial Fountain, situated near the iconic Plaza. Raise your hand. Oh, good. That makes none of us. For more than years, symbolic equestrian figures, Roman Gods, sea horses, and children have frolicked and danced in fountains large and small throughout Kansas City.
Like other great cities of the world, Kansas City, Missouri, has been beautified by numerous public and private fountains throughout various communities north, east, south, and west on both sides of the state line.
He decorated his planned communities of intertwined residences and shopping with fountains and outdoor statuary. Nichols's entrepreneurial expertise created the Country Club Plaza, the nation's first shopping center , an area of the city famous for its fountains. In the "Boy and Fish Fountain" became the Plaza's first fountain. It was on the traffic island at 47th Street and J.
Kansas City can trace its affinity for fountains to two urban planners, George Kessler and August Meyer. In the 19th Century, these two men traversed Europe extensively, and, inspired by the aesthetics of Paris and Vienna and Rome and other cities in Europe, sought to beautify Kansas City.
In , the first fountain in Kansas City was built on the intersection between Paseo and 15th, though in , this fountain was moved to another location. In the s, as part of a push to stop sharing drinking sources with horses, and improve sanitation in the city, the women of Kansas City started canvassing for funds to construct more fountains.
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