Fountain Photo Challenge – Urban Fountains

Here is another photo for the urban fountain photo challenge. This is a photo of the Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Square Philadelphia. Designed by Alexander Calder in 1924, the figures are of Native Americans meant to symbolize the three major waterways around Philadelphia. The Delaware River is represented as a man, the Schuykill River by a woman, and the Wissahickon Creek as a girl.

Native American Figures
Native American Figures
Fountain from the Distance
Fountain from the Distance
Swann Memorial Fountain
Swann Memorial Fountain

 

Fountain Photo Challenge – Urban Fountains

A fellow blogger, Polianthus, has asked us to participate in their monthly fountain challenge and this month it is urban fountains. In looking through our pictures of fountains, we found this fountain from Granada, Spain. It is a monument depicting Christopher Columbus getting approval from Queen Isabella to try to sail around the world.

Columbus and Queen Isabella in Downtown Granada
Columbus and Queen Isabella in Downtown Granada