Spring starts, and fountains flow
City of Fountains Foundation Board Member Carl DiCapo and “Miss City of Fountains” Sophia Dominguez turned on the first fountain today.
The William Volker Memorial Fountain.
In a Fountain Day ceremony today, officials turned on a newly lighted ...
Statuary conservator to do KC’s famed fountain
The man who will work on statuary from Kansas City’s most photographed fountain has plenty of experience with statues here and elsewhere.
Jonathan Taggart has done conservation work all over the nation and now lives in Georgetown, Maine.
He ...
Plaza fountain leaves for renovation
A piece missing from the sculpture for decades will be part of it when the fountain reopens. Courtesy Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department.
A major Country Club Plaza attraction for tourists and citizens is gone, but the dramatic fountain ...
Water flows in fountains, art arrives with spring
The first Royals baseball game is on the books and today a second spring marker spouted.
A crowd gathered to cheer at a Midtown ceremony for turning on of the city’s 48 fountains.
Streams of water erupted at The Eagle Scout tribute fountain ...
Showcase Plaza fountain gets upgrade
The J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain gets a major pump upgrade Wednesday, city officials announced today.
The new donated energy-efficient pump will save the city about $10,700 a year in energy costs, they said in a press release.
Grundfos, a ...
$1 million worth of love flows in for fountains
Among fountains needing repair, the Seville Light fountain at 47th and JC Nichols Parkway needs $500,000 worth of attention.
Private efforts to preserve the city’s fountains have raised $1 million, supporters said this week.
The inner workings ...
Artists needed to save city fountains
If you have artistic skills, you can help in the effort to restore Kansas City Fountains, including several in Midtown.
The non-profit City of Fountains Foundation is asking artists to submit their original works (no photography or digital ...
Splash mob rallies in Hyde Park for fountain repair
The Splash Mob Fountaineers, complete with paint and murals, gathered at the Eagle Scout fountain in Hyde Park on Saturday.
The rally at 39th Street and Gillham Road is part of an effort by the City of Fountains Foundation to raise about $2.6 ...
New effort to raise money to repair fountains
A new effort to raise money to repair eight Kansas City fountains kicked off yesterday. You may run into a “splash mob” at a fountain, made up of these young people from Arts Tech getting the word out about the need for fountain repairs.
The ...
Festival of Fountains will raise money for repairs
The City of Fountains Foundation will host a Sunday event at Union Station to raise money to repair landmark city fountains.
The first Festival of Fountains will also mark the 40th anniversary of the non-profit foundation.
It will take place ...
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