City Council is getting closer to a decision on the design, if any, for the fountain at Lachenauer Plaza on Court Street. The public has been looking at designs since the North Country Arts Council offered to spearhead a competition to redecorate the fountain.
Since that offer, Public Works crews have stripped and painted the fountain blue and since it looks so good it could remain a solid color.
Council toinght discussed criteria for a final choice and seems to agree a less "busy" design would fit best on the relatively small area available.
At its work session tonight , Council also reviewed a list of City owned property and decided on which ones to send to auction. Included are tax sale certificates for six properties thought to have pollution problems.
Council also discussed concession arrangements for events in Thompson Park and the need to recruit people to serve on City boards and commissions.
7 comments:
I don't have any problem with a solid color for the fountain. Could you guys spill a little of that solid color on that montrosity at the JB Wise parking lot. You knows, the orange mural of seagulls, waves and grass with a flag underneath. Beautiful work.
I think it was worth a try, however, in my opinion, none of the designs are compelling enough to earn a place at the crossroads of our Downtown. Either back to the drawing board or leave it a solid color.
So...what's next, paint the REAL fountain in the center of Downtown with stripes and polka dots?
I am pleased to read your comment on this. While I appreciate the artworks that were submitted and gave them some thought a few weeks ago when they were made public, I ended up deciding that the fountain was ugly because it needed a simple paint job and that art would be tacky or out of scale for the area.
The fountain is also slightly objectionable because of the style not being historic but more modern. However painting it with art will not change that. And we need to condition our senses to accept that modern architecture is getting more historic everyday.
Please move that fountain out of eye sight. Put it where it might be appreciated. Then paint it. Come up with something classy for this important site.
As a visitor to your city i think thAT less IS More. I would suggest that the fountain is limited in terms of treatment . A basic backdrop color would be more consistent with the contemporary style design of the fountain rather than some busy or garish color scheme.
Leave the fountain as is; it looks just fine. If it were to be painted with a design, who will maintain it? If it's governmental maintenance, why add to the list of things to do, which equals spending,which equals taxes.Otherwise, turn the fountain over to the private sector to maintain
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