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Enjoying downtown's fountains
Tim McGarry blogs about whiling away a pleasant lunch hour amidst the fountains in the Maguire Gardens, the shady refuge outside the Central Library that shares space with the patio of Cafe Pinot. Excerpt: "Complexity is perhaps to be expected in a piece created through the collaboration of two artists. The round pool was designed by Laddie John Dill. The bed resembles the shutter of a camera, with pallets fanning out at oblique angles, sitting one atop another. They rise like terraces, creating a pool that goes from deep to shallow....You know you’re still in the city, but the fountain’s murmur and the dappled light take the edge off. This is a fine place for a moment’s respite in a busy day."
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