Watsonville Area Earthquake Monument converted fountain - Watsonville, CA
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N 36° 54.532 W 121° 45.299
10S E 610911 N 4085486
A former fountain monument turned into a planter.
Waymark Code: WM521J
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2008
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History about the monument:"The Monument was a joint artistic effort by me and landscaper David Cohen of Waterstone Specialties of Santa Cruz. David designed a 15'x15'x7' high brick fountain with water, symbolizing revitalization, flowing through fissures in a brick structure and recirculating from a pool below. Many of the bricks David used to build this structure were salvaged from buildings damaged or destroyed in the quake and gathered together by Santa Cruz county youth. Given general themes suggested by David and the Watsonville community, I designed and painted the twelve tiled panels (125 square feet) set into this structure.
In 2002, the Watsonville City Council removed the upper portion of the Monument, apparently out of safety concerns (the fountain had been turned off when children were found to be playing in it). The city replaced the fountain portion of the monument with plantings and nearby park benches."
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