LocationThe Paseo at E. 72nd St. |
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Description
Harold Rice formed the City of Fountains Foundation in 1973 with the goal of adding one fountain per year. This fountain, dedicated to him, is a pedestal with its multi-tiered bowls resting in a pool basin. Located between 71st and 72nd Street in a grassy concourse of The Paseo, the red brick patio hosts benches on the north and south ends.
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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