Monday, September 5, 2011

JC Nichols Fountain

After reaching the high 90's and 100 degrees this last week, our Sunday was a beautiful day, low humidity and temps in the mid 70's.  Everyone was outside today.  Above is the JC Nichols fountain.  Jesse Clyde Nichols was a distinguished commercial and residential real estate developer in Kansas City.  He developed the Country Club Plaza in 1923 as seen in the background.  This was the first suburban shopping center built in the US.  This is a photographic wonderland which I will show you in future post, I hope you do not become tired of this area as tourist and myself love the plaza.  

8 comments:

cieldequimper said...

Wonderful shot.

That's my kind of temperature. I would probably have stayed inside all summer before it became breathable, lol! I'm a summer hibernater!

Birdman said...

Heard the weather this AM--- beautiful day ahead for KC. Enjoy the fountain.

Jack said...

Now, THIS is a fountain, Regina. I will sit by my screen awaiting the next installments . . .

Randy said...

What a beautiful fountain. Our temps went down yesterday and today is a little nippy.

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

Regina, I do love this fountain and many others that I discovered when I attended a conference in KC about 15 years ago. I bought the beautiful book about the fountains of KC and can proudly say that I have been back 5 or 6 times since then. Congratulations on being the city with more fountains than any other city in the world, except for Rome!

Bises,
Genie

RedPat said...

Another fine fountain from your city! It has cooled off here today too.

Halcyon said...

I remember this fountain well. Loved going up to the Plaza on the weekends. :)

Lynette said...

I will never, ever forget the first time I saw this fountain. It was 1969. My relatives had picked me up at Union Station and were taking me out to their house in Grandview. They took me through the Plaza, starting with this fountain. I was astounded. I thought I had taken a turn on the Illinois Central and ended up in Europe! I will not get tired of photos of the Plaza, period. Thanks!