Chicago's Fabulous Fountains

Chicago's Fabulous Fountains
Author: Greg Borzo
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-05-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0809335808


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2018 IPPY Award Silver Medalist for Great Lakes Nonfiction Winner, ISHS Annual Award for Other Publications, 2018 Most people do not realize it, but Chicago is home to many diverse, artistic, fascinating, and architecturally and historically important fountains. In this attractive volume, Greg Borzo reveals more than one hundred outdoor public fountains of Chicago with noteworthy, amusing, or surprising stories about these gems. Complementing Borzo’s engagingly written text are around one hundred beautiful fine-art color photos of the fountains, taken by photographer Julia Thiel for this book, and a smaller number of historical photos. Greg Borzo begins by providing an overview of Chicago’s fountains and discussing the oldest ones, explaining who built them and why, how they survived as long as they have, and what they tell us about early Chicago. At the heart of the book are four thematic chapters on drinking fountains, iconic fountains, plaza fountains, and park and parkway fountains. Among the iconic fountains described are Buckingham (in Grant Park), Crown (in Millennium Park), Centennial (with its water cannon shooting over the Chicago River), and two fountains designed by famed sculptor Lorado Taft (Time and Great Lakes). Plazas all around Chicago—in the neighborhoods as well as downtown—have fountains that anchor communities or enhance the skyscrapers they adorn. Also presented are the fountains in Chicago’s parks, some designed by renowned artists and many often overlooked or taken for granted. A chapter on the self-proclaimed City of Fountains, Kansas City, Missouri, shows how Chicago’s city planners could raise public awareness and funding for the care and preservation of these important landmarks. Also covered are a brief period of fountain building and rehabbing (1997–2002) that vastly enriched the city; fountains that no longer exist; and proposed Chicago fountains that were never built, as well as the future of fountain design. A beautiful photography book and a guide to the city’s many fountains, Chicago’s Fabulous Fountains also provides fascinating histories and behind-the-scenes stories of these underappreciated artistic and architectural treasures of the Windy City.


Chicago's Fabulous Fountains
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Greg Borzo
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-10 - Publisher: SIU Press

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2018 IPPY Award Silver Medalist for Great Lakes Nonfiction Winner, ISHS Annual Award for Other Publications, 2018 Most people do not realize it, but Chicago is
Chicago's Fountains
Language: en
Pages: 108
Authors: Gary Taber
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

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Travel to Chicago''s parks, squares, and gardens and see its beautiful fountains. In this collection of images by photographer Gary Taber, learn the history and
Chicago's Fabulous Fountains
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Greg Borzo
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-10 - Publisher: SIU Press

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""Chicago's Fabulous Fountains" presents in words and pictures many of the more than one hundred outdoor public fountains in Chicago, informing readers about th
The Clarence Buckingham Fountain in Chicago's Grant Park
Language: en
Pages: 1
Authors:
Categories: Fountains
Type: BOOK - Published: 1937 - Publisher:

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Jaume Plensa
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Keith Patrick
Categories: Fountains
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher:

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The Barcelona artist Jaume Plensa is best-known for his spectacular Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, Chicago. Constructed between 1999 and 2004 with support f