Buckingham Memorial Fountain - Chicago # 3
by Allen Beatty
Title
Buckingham Memorial Fountain - Chicago # 3
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Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Buckingham Memorial Fountain by Allen Beatty
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a Rocky rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan. It operates from April to October, with regular water shows and evening color-light shows. During the winter, the fountain is decorated with festival lights.
The fountain is considered Chicago's front door, since it resides in Grant Park, the city's front yard near the intersection of Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway. The fountain itself represents Lake Michigan, with four sets of sea horses (two per set) symbolizing the four states—Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana—that border the lake. The fountain was designed by beaux arts architect Edward H. Bennett. The statues were created by the French sculptor Marcel F. Loyau. The design of the fountain was inspired by the Bassin de Latone and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles.
The fountain was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham, and was constructed at a cost of $750,000. The fountain's official name is the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain. Kate Buckingham also established the Buckingham Fountain Endowment Fund with an initial investment of $300,000 to pay for maintenance. Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927.
This image is Featured in the following FAA Groups:
USA Photographers Only,
Brilliant Colors,
The Earth is Art
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery,
Daily Promotion,
Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife,
All About Light,
World Landscape Lovers of Art,
Photographic Beauty of the USA,
What's New,
Water Water Water,
Contemporary,
Shadows Silhouettes And Reflections Outdoors,
Your Very Best Photography,
New FAA Uploads,
The Niche,
No Place like Home,
FAA Pixels All-Stars
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June 6th, 2018
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Mary Ann Weger
Congratulations! Your outstanding work has been featured in the Fine Art America group “FAA- Pixels All Stars”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page—topic name: “3e--FEATURED IMAGES to Archive & Thank You Thread -7/18, 8/18”. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL, and paste it at https://fineartamerica.com/groups/f-a-a--pixels-all-stars--opened.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4005124 Thank you for your participation!
Allen Beatty
Mary Ann, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the FAA Pixels All-Stars Group
Allen Beatty
Bob , thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Your Very Best Photography Group
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 July: Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! (July 10, 2018)
Allen Beatty replied:
Jan, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Shadows Silhouettes And Reflections Outdoors Group
Allen Beatty
Rachel, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Photographic Beauty of the USA Group
Allen Beatty
Carole, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the World Landscape Lovers of Art Group
Allen Beatty
Karen, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife Group
Randy Rosenberger
What a fine piece of artwork and I am happy to announce that this beauty has been chosen for a feature on the homepage of our WFS group. Congratulations for this accomplishment. Well deserved!
Allen Beatty replied:
Randy, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group
Allen Beatty
Judy, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the USA Photographers Only Group
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “The Earth Is Art”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive 3.0!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/the-earth-is-art-.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4138611
Allen Beatty replied:
Kelley, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in The Earth is Art Group
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