Orchestra Hall Fountain, (sculpture).

Orchestra Hall Fountain, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Boes, Paul, welder.

Grissim Associates, landscape architect.

Orchestra Hall Fountain, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 1983.

Stainless steel.

A fountain sculpture consisting of four panels of cut and welded stainless steel that stand independently, each having cut-out variations of the letter "C." From a distance, the cut-out patterns blend together to form the musical symbols of the treble clef and bass clef.

Performing Arts -- Music

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit

Administered by City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, 735 Randolph, Detroit, Michigan 48226

Located Woodward Avenue & Selden Street, Detroit, Michigan

In the spring of 1982, the City of Detroit contracted with Grissim Associates to design a park. This plan with the fountain was estimated to cost $240,000. Because $40,000 was needed to repair the area sidewalk, it was suggested that the $42,000 sculpture not be built. Determined to have the sculpture built, John Grissim went to private industry, and Ryerson Steel discounted their steel, cutting the price to $3,500. The American Welding Society paid Paul Boes, an award winning welder from St. Clair, $1,500 to put the sculpture together. Clawson Concrete of Oak Park donated concrete, and Alva Greer Concrete Company of Fraser contributed $1,600 in labor to pour the concrete. And, Brooks Irrigation donated $12,000 in labor to install the fountain and coordinate the mechanical work.

Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.

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