Crown Fountain is a striking and innovative public art installation located in Chicago's Millennium Park. Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, …
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Oct 6, 2024
Nice spot in the Millennium Park, fun for children and families. Changing faces fountains is an original idea to add to the image of the city. Extremely crowded and noisy on weekends. Full review by Noraatc
Sep 29, 2024
Very cool attraction inside Millenium Park. Very well maintained and cool to see. Lots of people around so be carefull for thefts. Full review by Jean-Francois L
Sep 27, 2024
We absolutely loved this fountain! Especially the kids, they couldn’t get enough! The water was super cold, which was a good thing since it was bright, sunny and in e 80’s when we went. Full review by Nicole E
How often do the fountains “spit” during the summer season? Is it like the Buckingham Fountain and turns on a certain time every hour or is it every x minutes throughout the day?
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To be honest I’m not sure but when we were there it seemed to be very frequent because there were children playing in it for the duration of time we were there.
Crown Fountain is not a swimming pool. It never gets deeper than your ankle. Nobody changes into bathing suits. They wade and kick and splash and little ones think it's heaven. Kick …
Crown Fountain is not a swimming pool. It never gets deeper than your ankle. Nobody changes into bathing suits. They wade and kick and splash and little ones think it's heaven. Kick off your shoes and join the fun
We will be visiting Chicago from Oct 31 to Nov 3 - will the fountains water features operate during this time frame??
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The fountain's water feature operates from mid-spring thru' till mid-fall... so I guess it just depends on the weather in any particular year. Mid-fall is so ambiguous!!
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