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That park in San Antonio is very cool.
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Old Posted May 19, 2020, 8:36 PM
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The Weston Ctr in SA is nice!
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What's with all these modern fountains? I need more frolicking naked bronze people.
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Since we seem to have exhausted European-style fountains, NY has A LOT of modern ones. Here are a few.

Greenacre Park


WTC



Paley Park


550 Madison


Wsterwall Tunnel in Times Square


E 57th and Lex


1251 Avenue of the Americas


1345 Sixth Ave


Met Museum


Foley Square
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Gus Wortham Fountain, Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston


Gus Wortham Fountain, Buffalo Bayou Park by bill barfield, on Flickr


Dandelion by bill barfield, on Flickr

McGovern Centennial Gardens, Hermann Park, Houston


McGovern Centennial Gardens, Hermann Park by bill barfield, on Flickr

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MFAH Glassell School by bill barfield, on Flickr
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Houston's other waterwall,



John P. McGovern TMC Commons
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I have a few examples of this popular style of fountain:

Water Feature: A fountain
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Water Feature: One Maritime Plaza
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Houston has a lot, especially compared with Dallas and Austen.

Are the Tranquility Park fountains still working? I heard that they closed.
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Are the Tranquility Park fountains still working? I heard that they closed.
I am not sure if they still work but here are my photos from it ten years ago!:

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What's with all these modern fountains? I need more frolicking naked bronze people.
Will you settle for some mostly half-naked fake-marble people?:

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I have a few examples of this popular style of fountain:
There's one in Paris, too. Or there was last time I checked.
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