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Fountain of Time

Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches in length, situated at the western edge of the within in , Illinois, in the United States.
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Photo: Conradl, Public domain.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork_type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Lorado Taft in Chicago

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Chicago Medical Center and DuSable Museum of African - American History.

Hospital
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The , branded as UChicago Medicine, is a nationally ranked academic medical center located in on the . is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Fountain of Time.

Museum
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The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, formerly the DuSable Museum of African American History, is a in that is dedicated to the study and conservation of African-American history, culture, and art named after Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. is situated 1,900 feet north of Fountain of Time.

Photo: grego1402, CC BY 2.0.
The Frederick C. is a historic house museum on the campus in the neighborhood of , Illinois, United States. is situated 3,400 feet east of Fountain of Time.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodlawn and Washington Park.

Suburb
is a neighborhood on the of Chicago, Illinois, near the shore of 8.5 miles south of . It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas, bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King…

Suburb
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is a community area on the of which includes the 372 acre of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.

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is one of 's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…

Fountain of Time

Latitude
41.78676° or 41° 47′ 12″ north
Longitude
-87.60764° or 87° 36′ 28″ west
Open location code
86HJQ9PR+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 143459724
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
craft=­sculptor
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q2626263
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Fountain of Time” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ينبوع الزمن”
  • Chinese: “时间喷泉”
  • Chinese: “時間噴泉”
  • Dutch: “Fountain of Time”
  • French: “fontaine du temps”
  • French: “Fontaine du temps”
  • French: “Fountain of Time”
  • Italian: “Fontana del tempo”
  • Italian: “Fontana del Tempo”
  • Persian: “فواره زمان”
  • Romanian: “Fântâna Timpului”
  • Spanish: “Fuente del Tiempo”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویلے دا فوارہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fountain of Time”. Photo: Conradl, Public domain.