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Swope Park Zoo Entrance II |
Located near the entrances to both the Zoo and IMAX Theatre, this fountain marks the beginning of the visitor's trek. A limestone terrace guides water down into a stream.
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The Fountains Luxury Retail Center |
Bubblers decorate the wall with the name and a lion crest at the corners of this shopping plaza on 119th.
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The Meadows |
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The Plaza Tennis Center |
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Thomas H. Swope Memorial Fountain |
In 1896, Thomas Swope donated two square miles to the city for use as a park. One hundred years later, Swope Park is still a work in progress. The Kansas City Zoo is enjoying record attendance. Starlight Theater offers outdoor musicals and concerts. Improvements to the facilities are constantly on the drawing board and these enhancements have strong support in the area. A portion of the memorial to Thomas Swope is a 6' pedestal fountain. A 4' balustrade of white stone frames this classical pedestal. 84' to the east is the granite mausoleum. Thomas Swope was buried under the floor of the Thomas H. Swope Memorial near the Swope Memorial Golf Course in April 1918 about nine years after his death in 1909.
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