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 Philip A. Hart Plaza: Horace E. Dodge Fountain - Detroit, Michigan Posted by:  Rattrak
N 42° 19.630 W 083° 02.645
17T E 331580 N 4688125
Philip A. Hart Plaza: Horace E. Dodge Fountain is found in the center of Hart Plaza.
Waymark Code: WM83KT
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2010
Views: 19
Philip A. Hart Plaza: Horace E. Dodge Fountain
Is 30 foot high and a popular spot to cool off during the hot summer days. The fountain's basin is a tapered walk in all the way around, so it is an easy walk under the water. If you are not looking to soak yourself the lite mist that comes off the falling water maybe just what would do the trick for you.
Info from the SIRIS site;
Description:
A fountain sculpture depicting a ring suspended between two inwardly canted supports. Water sprays up from the basin below and down from the ring. The fountain has more than 300 water jets and 300 lights, which are activated by computer to create innumerable water configurations according to temperature.
Remarks:
In 1971, two million dollars was bequeathed to the City of Detroit by Anna Thompson Dodge in order to construct a fountain at the foot of Woodward Avenue in honor of her husband and son. Mrs. Dodge was the wife of the late auto pioneer Horace E. Dodge. The toal cost of the fountain was $2,668,325. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Oct. 2, 1975 and the fountain was completed on Oct. 14, 1981. Hart Plaza is an eight acre plaza in downtown Detroit. Noguchi also designed a 120 foot high pylon for the plaza and helped in the design of the plaza.
TITLE: Philip A. Hart Plaza: Horace E. Dodge Fountain
ARTIST(S): Isamu Noguchi, 1904-1988, sculptor. Shoji Sadao, 1927- , architect. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, architectural firm
DATE: 1972-1979. Dedicated Oct. 14, 1981
MEDIUM: Sculpture: stainless steel; Pool: black granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 87560718
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
In the center of Hart Plaza on Jefferson Avenue in downtown Detroit.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Found as listed and is very nice condition.
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