LocationJ.C. Nichols Parkway on the traffic island at the NW corner of 47th St. |
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Artist/Designer: Bernhard Zuckerman
Installed: 1967
Description:A triangular traffic island at a busy intersection on the Plaza is the setting for this ornate fountain. Sculptor Bernhard Zuckerman was commissioned to create an exact replica of the Plaza de Los Reyes fountain in Seville, Spain. The central shaft is 30′ tall and carved from several kinds of marble. Intricate iron details top the tall fountain. Water flows from the four masked faces located near its 20′ square base.
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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