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Antioch Shopping Center Fountain |
This fountain used to greet shoppers at a west entrance to the Center. A spray ring is in the center of the pool. To one end are six jets which create this unusual "water flower". In 2003 it was covered over and is used as a platform now.
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Armour Center Fountain |
This fountain was located at the gateway to the Armour Hills subdivision. A newspaper caption describing the fountain noted that it embodied "patriotism and child life as the foundation of the American home." The fountain was destroyed in April 1954 by vandalism. The original sculpture was replaced by another group that represented a similar theme - a child with a goose, reportedly a reproduction of an old Pisan fountain. The original basin of the fountain has been retained along with the first tier of the pedestal.
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Armour Green Fountain |
Purchased in 1922 by J.C. Nichols in Italy, the original marble fountain consisted of a pedestal resembling a rock formation supporting a saucer carved as a scalloped shell. A youth and an infant were placed in the center of the saucer. Water issued from the summit of the rock formation. The original work was vandalized in 1953 and was replaced by a lead statue of a boy holding a vase, obtained from the Nichols Company. That work was also vandalized. The park and fountain were then restored by the Armour Hills Neighborhood Association.
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Bank of America Atrium Fountain |
This fountain encircles the base of a stairway leading to a mezzanine level. The irregularly shaped basin is of glazed brick with a beveled top (probably to discourage its use as a seating area). Thin streams of water are propelled from the outside walls of the basin into the pool of water.
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Bannister Mall Fountain |
The mall has four fountain pools, developed primarily in response to surveys which indicated that shoppers were making fewer trips to shopping centers but were staying longer. These fountain areas were designed to relieve the psychological and physical fatigue related to long shopping expeditions by providing soothing sounds.
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