Location8th St. & Broadway (In Garment District Place) |
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Artist/Designer: Theis Sickbert Associates
Installed: 1989
Description
Quality Hill is a renovated area of northwest downtown. A red brick wall divides and gives this fountain two distinct appearances. On one side, water streams down into a pool from five slits made in the top of the wall. The other side features a cascade flowing down into the basin below. Two plaques on either side: Tribute to Godfrey and Blanche Jones; and “To the People of Greater Kansas City on Proctor and Gamble’s 150th Anniversary.” This attractive fountain also graces a beautiful courtyard where workers can enjoy rest and enjoy its beauty.
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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