Chicago's Front Door by bmac62
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Description
A nice day for a walk in the park.
Buckingham Fountain.
This fountain is considered Chicago's front door, since it resides in Grant Park, the city's front yard.
The fountain itself represents Lake Michigan, with each sea horse symbolizing the states of 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 Latome and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles.
Presented as a gift to the city in 1927.
Comments (34)
jocko500
lovely shot
durleybeachbum
Wow! What a statement it makes! I remember Tara's photos of parts of this, but until now had no concept of the grand scale.
mgtcs
Marvelous capture my friend, very well done!
brycek
Beautiful capture!!
Faemike55
Very impressive capture and information
beachzz
When I visited this gorgeous place, there were about a dozen wedding parties having their fotos taken in front of the fountain. Must be a local tradition.
photosynthesis
Nice shot, Bill, & good to see you back here posting. I remember this fountain well, though it has been many years since I've been to Chicago. Coincidentally, I'm planning to post a photo of the Latona Fountain tomorrow...
blinkings
Very interesting Bill. I'm ashamed to say I have never visited this!
jayfar
Welcome back Bill and this photo is a beauty and a must zoom.
Blush
Wow This is awesome looking I love ir Hugs Susan~
alanwilliams
good to see you back in production with a fine land/waterscape, excellent.
Meisiekind
Good to see you back Bill! What a glorious POV and overall image of the lovely Chicago!
kgb224
Superb capture Bill. God Bless.
jendellas
It certainly has the WOW factor. Amazing pic. Good to see you back. xx
X-PaX
Very nice capture. Well done.
EJD64
Great capture. Have been there many times.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent work Bill, glad to see you posting again my friend.
bobrgallegos
Great capture of this beautiful fountain and very interesting info Bill!!
MrsRatbag
Very beautiful capture of this huge waterwork; great work!
T.Rex
Hey, Bill's back! Glad to see you posting again! Hope all's well with you and the work you did turned out nice! While you were away I got 3 little fellows to take care of and raise (you can see them in my latest post, dedicated to krittermom). Now, I don't recall seeing this in Chicago when I was there in summer 1966. I'll have to look it up. As for the photo, it gives an idea of the size, but without a human as a reference, it's difficult to see just how big it is. But, no humans is the whole point - one looses the concept of size completely. I have seen the Versailles original. The fountains there are fantastic, considering the time when they were constructed. In fact, the Versailles fountains could only be turned on for specific occasions due to the need to transport the water a long way, and the need to fill a reservoir with this water in order to run the fountains. Gravity drove the fountains. At the time, they were considered a marvel of engineering. Keep up the good work, and welcome back! :-)
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE WORK!
flavia49
splendid shot
Richardphotos
beautiful fountain.good you are back
npauling
It is great to see a posting from you again and what a beauty it is too. This really is a wonderful fountain and I love how you have set your capture with the city as the backdrop. Excellent clarity too.
RodS
A gorgeous fountain, and what an outstanding shot, Bill! It's great to see a post from you, buddy! It's been a while! :-D
auntietk
One of my favorite places! Good friends and great memories. :)
ia-du-lin
great scene, fountains and skyline, great shot
whaleman
Nice shot here!
debbielove
Hi there Bill, a really nice looking sunny shot! Impressive view.. Very well composed, i like it.. Rob
Chipka
Nice! Chicago (like any city) has a distinctive skyline and it's so hard to miss! This is really nice with that squirty thing in the foreground and those tall things in the back, and all of the other Chicago-ness scattered around the place. For as long as I've lived here, I've not gotten that many photos of Buckingham Fountain. Funny how that goes! This is a great shot and it marks a pretty amazing day too! I like this a lot!