8th Street Fountain | |
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Year | 1927 |
Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
41°52′19″N 87°37′24″W / 41.871883°N 87.623324°W |
The 8th Street Fountain was erected in 1927 and was created by architects Bennett, Parsons, and Frost. It is located in Chicago's Grant Park in the U.S. state of Illinois.[1]
Architect and planner Edward H. Bennett was hired to complete Grant Park after the death of Daniel H. Burnham. Following Burnham's vision, Bennett's design for the park relied on a classical vocabulary with formal symmetry.[1] The 8th Street Fountain is a more modest fountain compared to Bennett's larger Buckingham Fountain, both of which were constructed in 1927.[1]
Originally three matching fountains were built along the Michigan Avenue edge of Grant Park.[2] Of the three, only the 8th Street fountain still stands.[2] Another stood at Randolph Street.[2]
By the 1980s, much of Grant Park became neglected. Fountains stopped working, gardens were not maintained, and graffiti covered the balustrades.[3]
In 2004, much of the north end of Grant Park was renovated to form Millennium Park.