The Three Graces Fountain - Toronto, Ontario
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N 43° 39.836 W 079° 23.245
17T E 630015 N 4835810
Three beauties in a fountain.
Waymark Code: WMCG09
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2011
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These three women looked so cool in this fountain on such a hot day. The fountain is also operational in the winter so I will have to come back down to see how they are faring then. Nice to see some women of ample proportions in these times.
"This steel and bronze fountain is a second piece in the Macdonald Block complex by Gerald Gladstone. The artist produced what he called a “a completely Ontario contribution to the art”, as the bronze for the figures was cast in Georgetown, Ontario rather than in the United States.
As Gladstone explained, “...the three figures are eight and a half feel high, each weighing about 1,200 pounds (540 kilograms). In their water sculpture setting, a spray two to three feet high cascades a waving curtain of water around and upon them. In winter, the water provides a dramatic ice-glazed effect of the statues, enhanced by 32 blue and amber lights at night. The water is heated to control the formation of ice. Two sizes of jets are used, one each for winter and summer. A wind control system regulates the water on windy days.”
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