Friday, December 17, 1999
Restored fountain changing color
BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
When the restored Tyler Davidson Fountain is unveiled in April, it will be sporting its original brown bronze color.
In an update to City Council released Thursday, Kevin A. Shepard, city general services director, said the green color of the fountain was not its natural tint. Now it will be a thing of the past.
The project's conservator, Tom Podnar, recommended that the fountain be restored to its original color of 1871, Mr. Shepard said. On Dec. 6, the Historic Conservation Board unanimously approved the recommendation.
The green color that visitors to Fountain Square are used to seeing was actually a combination of wax and green dyes used to coat the bronze during its 1970 restoration; aging; and irregular maintenance, Mr. Shepard reported in a memo to council.
The $2.2 million restoration of the fountain is 65% complete and on schedule to be finished before the Reds' Opening Day on April 3. Dedicated in 1871, the fountain had seriously corroded inside and was weather-beaten. A $100,000 glass structure was built around the fountain to allow the public to monitor the progress of the restoration of the Genius of Water statue and the rest of the fountain.
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