Larry Summerville called me yesterday to alert me that they would be doing a full pressure test of the fountain pumps and nozzles and I scampered on down to get a look. That is Eric Beebe standing in front of … Continue reading
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The Times Union mentions the testing of the pumps at Friendship Fountain and carries a link to one of the Panoramic Images we have here at JaxFountain.com Thanks TU 🙂 -Bob … Continue reading
I received a call from Larry this morning that they were about to send water under pressure to the Fountain and I grabbed my camera and was on my way. I was able to get a couple of quick pictures … Continue reading
I got the opportunity to get down to Friendship Fountain on Friday afternoon as usual but also took an extra trip down Saturday Morning… New Panoramic image here:http://www.jaxfountain.com/Photaf/Pano07-05-11-3/index.html It was busy on Friday, there had to be at least 20 … Continue reading
With setting a Grand reopening date of Jun 18, 2011 I felt like it would be nice to change to weekly updates to try and keep up as work would start moving at a feverish pace and today was the … Continue reading
The renovations at #FriendshipFountain continue to move right along and as announced a week ago the City is planning the Grand reopening for June 18, 2011, stay tuned for more news in that area… First I must confess that I … Continue reading
I just was contacted by Ginny Walthour from the City of Jacksonville’s Public Information Office and she let me know they are beginning to plan the Grand reopening of Friendship Fountain and Park, scheduled for June 18, 2011, time to … Continue reading
When I arrived at Friendship Park on Friday most of the crew had already left for the day and I wasn’t able to get up on the top of the Pump House to continue the panoramic shots, probably just as … Continue reading
Friday was just another beautiful day once the smoke started clearing and on the River I just doesn’t get much better then this… That was the backdrop for this weeks trip to the Fountain which brought some real excitement in … Continue reading
I did get to visit the Friendship Fountain site this past Friday, sorry for the delay in updating this post… More progress was evident with additional concrete in place extending from the new main palm tree walkway and forms for … Continue reading