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Title
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Outpouring Needed to Fix KC Fountains
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Description
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Article on the City of Fountains Foundation fundraising efforts to repair the city's fountains. More than half of the 48 public fountains need repairs for damage or deterioration that is beyond the scope and cost of routine maintence procedures. The Seville Light Fountain at 47th Street on the Country Club Plaza, the Firefighters Memorial Fountain at West 31st Street and Broadway, and the West Side Fountain at Southwest Boulevard and Summit Street are among those fountains in need of significant attention.
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2013-02-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Firefighters Fountain
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Description
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View of the Firefighters Fountain located at 31st and Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri. The BMA Tower building is in the view on the left, located at 31st and Southwest Trafficway.
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Date
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2002-04-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Firefighters Fountain
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Description
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View of the Firefighters Fountain at 31st and Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri. Looking toward the south, the Penn Tower Office Center is in view on the left, as well as part of Penn Valley Community College on the right.
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2002-04-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Thieves Test Mettle With Metal
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Description
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During the weekend of August 12/13, 2007, the Kansas City Firefighters Memorial Fountain in Penn Valley Park was vandalized. Scrap-metal thieves stole about a half-dozen spray nozzles off the fountain for the copper. Copper is worth $2.30 to $2.60 a pound, and this kind of theft has become common in the area. The fountain/memorial was "dedicated in 1991 in honor of the city's fallen firefighters. The 1988 death of six firefighters in a construction-site explosion spurred construction of the $1.2 million memorial." A security camera has been installed on the site.
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Date
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2007-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
