Fountain at Fountain Plaza, (sculpture).

Fountain at Fountain Plaza, (sculpture).

Dawson, Stu, sculptor.

Fontanese, Folts, Aubrecht, architectural firm.

Sasaki Associates, design firm.

Dev-Con Associates, contractor.

Fountain at Fountain Plaza, (sculpture).

Dedicated Nov. 1991.

Carnelian granite and glass block.

Approx. H. 28 ft. (240 tons).

Buffalo's Fountain Plaza was planned, designed/and financed with the work and help of the following public and private organizations:/City of Buffalo./Mayor James Griffin./Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency/Main-Genesee Urban Design Task Group/N.Y.S. Urban Development Corp./Rotary Club of Buffalo/U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development/U.S. Urban Mass Trans-portation Administration/Dev-Con Associates-Developers/Fontanese, Folts, Aubrecht-Architects/Fountain Plaza November 1991 unsigned

An abstract fountain in which water cascades over upright stone into a pool. The fountain consists of large, rough, quarried blocks sawn flat on top and bottom and then stacked. Other quarry blocks appear randomly placed around vertical elements, with mist jets supplying water spray.

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Buffalo

Administered by City of Buffalo, Buffalo Arts Commission, Department of Community Development, 920 City Hall, Buffalo, New York 14202

Located Fountain Plaza, Main & Chippewa Streets, Buffalo, New York

Fountain is part of the Fountain Plaza project which was conceived in 1980 and began with a task group formed under the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency. The task group's mission was to plan and develop the four-block area near the Main and Genesee intersection, coordinating with developers. The Fountain Plaza project was designed by Sasaki Associates and the fountain and the service building were designed by Fontanese, Folts, Aubrecht. Dev-Con Associates was the developer. The financing for the project came from both public and private sectors, including, the Urban Mass Transit, community development block grants, city bonds, the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency, Citicom, the Rotary Club, Norstar and Key Bank. The Rotary Club held a $500,000 fund drive to pay for the ice rink, so the city only had to pay fifteen percent of the cost of the plaza, about $690,000. IAS files contain a related article from the State University of New York at Buffalo publication, the Reporter (Buffalo, NY), Nov. 7, 1991.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, Buffalo survey, 1992.

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