Woman and Flowing Water Sculpture at Fountain Square

by Kathy Barney

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Woman and Flowing Water Sculpture at Fountain Square

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Kathy Barney

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Photograph - Photography-digital Art

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Adapted FROM WIKI: An [Adena or Hopewell] Indian mound stood at the present site of Fountain Square, downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, when the first white settlers arrived in the early 1700s. Fountain Square has been the symbolic center of Cincinnati since 1871. The square, which replaced a butcher's market, was a gift from Henry Probasco in memory of Tyler Davidson, his business partner and brother-inlaw. Probasco traveled to Munich and commissioned a bronze allegorical fountain from Ferdinand von Miller named The Genius of Water. Originally, the square occupied a large island in the middle of Fifth Street with buildings to the north and south, much like nearby Piatt Park. A 1971 renovation of the square included slightly moving and re-orienting the fountain to the west, and enlarging the plaza by removing the original westbound portion of 5th Street and demolishing buildings to the north. It is used for lunch-breaks, rallies, and other gatherings. It's a wonderful "town" square! "To the People of Cincinnati"

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June 11th, 2014

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