(from chicago.suntimes.com)
Buckingham Fountain, one of Chicago’s iconic lakefront attractions, will officially “open” on May 6 amid a host of special events and programming.The “Switch on Summer” celebration of the fountain’s 90th birthday will feature free giveaways, live entertainment from Beatles tribute band American English and family-friendly activities from 4 to 6 p.m. The fountain will be officially switched on at 6 p.m. More than a dozen Chicago-area cultural institutions will be represented at the festivities including the Adler Planetarium, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Sky, Field Museum, Grant Park Music Festival, House Theatre, Lincoln Park Zoo, The Morton Arboretum, Museum of Science and Industry, National Museum of Mexican Art, Navy Pier, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance and the Shedd Aquarium, according to today’s announcement. (MORE HERE)
I love this fountain I really do even though the gargoyles are terrifying. I still wish they would let people go for a swim in it. I mean what better way to celebrate 90 years right?
