Please post those to the list and I would like to see the Parthenon as
well.
Thanks
Mark

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> From: Christopher Tavener <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fountain of time
> Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 10:14 AM
>
> I have a few photos which I will scan and send you. The project was to be
> completed in two phases, the first a stabilization program, the second a
> refinishing to be finished by September this year. At the time we visited
I
> think everybody was still looking for the answers.  A flyer lists Mike
> Turnbull at the Art Insitute of Chicago as the contact. 312 629-6571. It
> mentions that the work was completed in 1922. I don't remember what may
have
> been said about the details of the casting process.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Bryan Blundell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Tink-Tink-Tink
>
>
> Christopher Tavener wrote:
> >
> > I expect you are familiar with his contribution to the Fountain of Time
at
> > the Midway, Chicago, but it is the only work of his that I have seen.
> There
> > was an afternoon tour at the 1997 APT convention to take a look at the
> work
> > of the Bauer Latoza studio restoring it. Norman Weiss was involved as a
> > consultant.
> >
>
> Yes, I am familiar with it being one of Earley's project but I have not
> taken the time, when in Chicago, to visit the site. The only images I
> have are a few historic ones of the casting process. (Images would be
> appreciated.) If I remember correctly, that project was the first time
> he used pre-cast porous cores on a large scale. The cores were used to
> absorb the water during the pour. This arrangement meant that the
> concrete mix could be placed with a high water ratio than he normally
> felt was appropriate. The higher water ratio allowed the concrete to
> flow more freely and the cores absorbed the excess water so that the
> concrete would cure appropriately. If there has been a report on the
> work that had been completed on the Fountain of Time, I would appreciate
> receiving a copy if anyone has an extra.
>
> Thanks
> Bryan