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The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain, also known as A Song to Nature, is a 1918 landmark public sculpture in bronze and granite by Victor David Brenner.
The Mary E. Schenley Memorial Fountain has re-emerged as a grand asset. Most notably, we owe this stunning impact to new nighttime illumination which makes this beautiful fountain a popular gathering spot for Pittsburghers.
Oct 19, 2020 · The Mary E. Schenley Memorial Fountain has re-emerged as a grand asset. Most notably, we owe this stunning impact to new nighttime illumination, which makes this beautiful fountain a popular gathering spot for Pittsburghers.
The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain, also known as A Song to Nature, is a 1918 landmark public sculpture in bronze and granite by Victor David Brenner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park.
The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain, also known as A Song to Nature, is a 1918 landmark public sculpture in bronze and granite by Victor David Brenner. It sits in Schenley Plaza at the entrance to Schenley Park and directly in front of the University of Pittsburgh's Frick Fine Arts Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jan 14, 2021 · The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain, also called “A Song to Nature,” was built near Schenley Plaza in her memory in 1918. “Pan Illustration,” Wikimedia Commons. An illustration of the god playing pipes from an early twentieth century (191?) storybook for children by Mary Macgregor.
Feb 20, 2015 · Mary E. Schenley Memorial Fountain. Sculpted by Victor David Brenner, with the granite base by architect H. Van Magonigle, the memorial was entitled A Song to Nature and dedicated on Labor...
Used as a parking lot for decades, the five-acre Schenley Plaza was restored to its intended use by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and its community partners in 2006. A second phase of the Plaza's revitalization, the restoration of the Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain, was completed in 2008.
Jun 21, 2015 · The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain In late 1914, architects were invited to submit proposals for the Schenley Memorial. It took another four years of review and approvals by City departments and arts commissions, but the memorial fountain was finally dedicated on September 2nd, 1918 as the Pirates played the second game of a Labor Day ...
If you venture out of the city center, there are even more water features to discover like the Duquesne University fountain on its campus outside of Canevin Hall or the Water Steps on the North Shore—always a favorite place for children to splash–to the classical Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain in Oakland and the rebuilt historic Northeast ...
