Crown Fountain, designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow, sparkling reflecting pool. The towers project video images of diverse Chicago citizens, which Plensa claims is a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water to flow out. Photographers traveled around to just about every neighborhood in the city of Chicago to generate a collection of Chicago's faces.
Okay, so why is this relevant? Well, this place is a tourist trap but it's one of those tourist traps that is actually really cool if you're a kid like me and you like water on a hot summer day.
So Mom, Dad and I took the bus up Michigan Ave. about ten minutes to Crown Fountain and spent a couple hours, then took the bus home in time for an afternoon nap. Here are some of the highlights.
Okay, here I am, just got to Crown Fountain, getting my feet wet, both figuratively and literally.
Now here's Dad and I getting ready to go under a fountain of water. Oh man, this is gonna be awesome...
Whoa! Wait! Hold on!
Okay, much better, doin a little dance, feelin the flow.
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