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Oct 4, 2021 · The Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square was dedicated on Oct. 6, 1871. After 150 years and a few makeovers, it is still the heart of Cincinnati. New gastropub to open near Fountain...
- Jeff Suess
- Local History Writer
October 11, 1979. The Tyler Davidson Fountain or The Genius of Water is a statue and fountain located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is regarded as the city's symbol and one of the area's most-visited attractions. It was dedicated in 1871 and is the centerpiece of Fountain Square, a hardscape plaza at the corner of 5th and Vine Streets in the downtown ...
- Von Miller, Ferdinand; et al.
- 1871
- 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
- 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Aug 12, 2022 · Plaza also is a producer on the drama, as is Tyler Davidson, whose Northeast Ohio-and-Los Angeles-based Low Spark Films has been involved in making movies that include “Take Shelter,” “The...
- Mark Meszoros
- It’s a drinking fountain. Yes, the Tyler Davidson Fountain is a work of art but it was designed as a drinking fountain. You can still get a drink from the four statuary spigots surrounding the Genius of Water.
- Originally, each drinking fountain had an attached drinking cup. Into the 1800s, before the germ theory of disease caught on, all drinking fountains had metal cups on chains for drinking purposes since slurping from a spigot was considered unseemly.
- The fountain once provided ice-cold water. Underneath the fountain, as originally installed, was a cooling chamber, filled with ice and lined by a network of 2,000 feet of pipe through which the water for the drinking fountains flowed during the summer months.
- The fountain is a monument to Temperance. The Tyler Davidson Fountain is among many Victorian monuments known as Temperance fountains. It was intended to keep Cincinnatians out of the downtown saloons.
Aug 12, 2022 · Published: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:04 AM EDT. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Tyler Davidson’s movie “Emily the Criminal” opens nationwide this weekend and he’ll be in Cleveland at local screenings on...
- Vic Gideon
Oct 6, 2021 · The iconic Cincinnati landmark was originally dedicated on Oct. 6, 1871. Sam Greene/The Enquirer. The Soul Pocket Band performs during a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Tyler...
Aug 18, 2021 · Tyler Davidson, Plaza and Drew Sykes are producing, with Dexter Braff, Kevin Flanigan, Angus Wall, Kent Kubena, Lowell Shapiro, and Mike Dill serving as Executive Producers. Low Spark is fully...
