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  Buckingham Fountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buckingham Fountain is one of the largest in the world.
Situated in Chicago's Grant Park, the fountain, which was designed by Jacques Lambert and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles, was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham.
Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927.
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 GoCityKids | Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain
One of the loveliest spots in one of Chicago's loveliest parks, Buckingham Fountain is the centerpiece of Grant Park, and it has also become one of its most recognizable landmarks in the city.
Kate Buckingham dedicated the structure (and a trust fund to cover any fountain repair and upkeep) to the people of Chicago in 1927 in memory of her late brother, Clarence.
Kate Buckingham wanted "soft moonlight" waltzing through the fount, and she worked many nights with technicians, testing colors, filters and currents to produce the mystical water and lights show that can be seen after dusk from late Spring through mid-Fall.
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 Chicago Attractions : Buckingham Fountain, Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Situated in Grant Park near Chicago's Loop, Buckingham Fountain is one of the World's largest and most spectacular fountains.
Edward H. Bennett designed the fountain with four sea horses symbolizing the four states that touch Lake Michigan: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.
Buckingham Fountain operates from April 1st to November 1st depending on weather, when every hour on the hour for 20 minutes the fountain produces a major water display that is accompanied by a light show after dark.
www.mychicago.net /guide/buckingham-fountain.html   (118 words)

  
 Chicago Travel Adventures - Educational Tour and Travel for Students Classes Band Choir
The Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain, more commonly referred to as the Buckingham Fountain, was given to the city of Chicago in 1927.
One of the largest fountains in the world, Buckingham Fountain is made of Georgia pink marble and has 133 jets that spray 14,000 gallons of water per minute.
Designed to resemble the famous Latona Basin Fountain in Versailles, France, the Buckingham Fountain is made up of three circular basins carved with various sea life motifs.
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 Chicago Landmarks | Buckingham Fountain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Funded by philanthropist Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Buckingham Fountain is one of the nation's finest fountains and a public icon of Chicago.
It is the centerpiece of Grant Park, the city's grand "front yard," and is set within a handsomely landscaped garden, one of the city's finest examples of a Beaux-Arts-style landscape design.
The fountain is distinguished not only for its exquisite decorative details and finely wrought bronze sculpture, but also for its innovative use of technology which creates a dynamic light and water display on a massive scale.
www.ci.chi.il.us /Landmarks/B/Buckingham.html   (172 words)

  
 Buckingham Fountain - Chicago, IL, 60614 - Citysearch
Buckingham is one of the largest fountains in the world, with 133 jets spraying 14,000 gallons of water per minute as high as 135 feet in the air.
Cut out of pink Georgia marble, the fountain was donated to the city by philanthropist Kate Buckingham in 1927, in memory of her brother Clarence, a director of the Art Institute.
The fountain was modeled it after Latona Fountain in Versailles.
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 airontario.ca - Buckingham Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the sovereign, and was first opened to the public in 1993.
SCIENCE fiction writer Brian Aldiss was today being presented with his OBE by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.
II during a ceremony Wednesday at Buckingham Palace.
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 CPL Buckingham Fountain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Colored light shows at the Buckingham Fountain are hourly from 8-11 p.m.
It was a $750,000 gift to the city from heiress Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother Clarence, and is named for him.
Originally hand operated from a three-quarter sublevel control room that was adjacent to the fountain, the water displays are now directed by remote computer.
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 Mexican Wine Fountain Of Wayne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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 Buckingham Fountain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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The fountain runs from (U.S., last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war) Memorial Day to (First Monday in September in U.S. and Canada) Labor Day from 11:30 to 21:00 with a light and water display from 21:00 to 22:00.
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 Imigine Chicago Conference Accommodations
The Chicago hostel is a recognized feature of the Loop Retail Historic District, identified in 1998 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as "one of the most important and intact turn-of-the-century downtown commercial districts in the country." The property at one time housed the presses for the Encyclopedia Britannica.
A block from Grant Park and the Buckingham Fountain on Chicago¹s lakefront, the hotel is a very short walk to shopping, the Art Institute, Harold Washington Library, Orchestra Hall, Auditorium Theater, Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium and the famous Field Museum where Imagine Chicago's conference is being held.
Across from Grant Park and the Buckingham Fountain, the hotel is a very short walk to retail shopping, the Art Institute, Harold Washington Library, Orchestra Hall, Auditorium Theater, Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium and the famous Field Museum where the conference is being held.
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 Fountains - Buckingham Chicago Fountain In
This fountain shoots white light upwards, higher and higher, until releases a spray of light that falls from the crown (the top of your head) to your feet.
You exhale and the Higher Self sends energy downwards to the solar plexus which sends energy to the heart’s center which explodes in a fountain of light that circulates to the top of head, showers to your feet and back up again.
Starting from Buckingham Fountain at Congress and Columbus Drive in Chicago and going for 25 miles through many Chicago neighborhoods.
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 Buckingham Fountain by Arlo Leach
The Buckingham Fountain CD single contains a broadcast-quality, modern remake -- sung not by Olin Peterson but by Leach himself -- of this "long-forgotten" new song.
Arlo Leach is the sole copyright holder of "Buckingham Fountain," and administers its performing rights through Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).
While use of the song for public broadcast by BMI license holders is encouraged, and copies of the CD single are available for wholesale purchase and redistribution, other uses of the song may require additional licensing to comply with U.S. copyright law.
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 restaurants.ca - fountain drink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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 Buckingham Fountain Hoffman Distributing Co   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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Buckingham Fountain (8706) is a high quality Hoffman Distributing Co type product.
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 Buckingham Fountain - Sightseeing International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Buckingham Fountain - Sightseeing International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
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 - SHOP.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
'Chicago IL - Evening Buckingham Fountain,' Mark Segal Print/Poster, Size: 12 inches x 36 inches
This unframed print comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee from EaselWeasel, the Web's fastest growing art retailer, with over 200,000 open-edition and limited-edition prints and posters to choose from.
All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners.
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 Comments: Buckingham Fountain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A long exposure of the Buckingham Fountain in Downtown Chicago.
Every time I see this, I think of ol' Al Bundy:-)
The exposure time seems just right for this shot, and I really like the color difference in the light.
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