Join me on the A to Z Challenge: I'll share a different thing from my new home, Cincinnati, every day for 26 days in April.
The
Tyler Davidson Fountain, despite having a gent's name, is actually a lady, also called
The Genius of Water. I will say this for Cincinnati: they're very good at giving credit where credit is due for the city's growth and prosperity. First to
the pigs, now to the river.
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| The lights on the fountain change colour a bit. We don't have nine of them. |
The Tyler Davidson Fountain is in the middle of the appropriately named Fountain Square, which (if the frequency with which people mention it is any indication) is certainly in the top five of most beloved spots in the city. The fountain was in the opening credits of
WKRP in Cincinnati (I remember the show, but I'm pretty sure I remember it in reruns. Also, I just watched
the title sequence for the first time in about 30 years and the city hasn't changed a lot).
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On one of our three snowy days
last winter. I'm not complaining:
that's exactly the right number
of snowy days. |
The fountain has been moved around a bit since her dedication in 1871, and has been in her current location since 2006. She was placed on the
National Register in 1979. The water is switched on every spring (after being off for the winter months) in time for the
Reds' first home game.
Also on Fountain Square: some nice landscaping, an enormous Christmas tree at Christmastime, an ice skating rink for a few months, a stage the rest of the time, tables and chairs, big signs with all the rules for the plaza. And an alleged bike rack. Seriously, bike parking is listed as an amenity on the
Fountain Square website, and they are mistaken.
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| I think you misspelled "disgrace" on that website, y'all. |
But at least there's a Red Bike station just off the square, so all is not lost.
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| On a chilly but well-lit evening last weekend. |
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