I kind of miss walking around a big city. Chicago is a great city to walk around and explore. Chicago has so many beautiful public parks and fountains.
This is the Buckingham Fountain. Copper horse sculptures spit streams of water. Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago Landmark in the center of Grant Park, between Queen’s Landing and the end of Ida B. Wells Drive. Dedicated in 1927 and donated to the city by philanthropist Kate S. Buckingham, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, its design allegorically represents nearby Lake Michigan.
The fountain is considered Chicago’s front door. The fountain has four sets of sea horses (two per set) symbolizing the four states—Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana—that border the lake. The fountain was designed by beaux arts architect Edward H. Bennett. The statues were created by the French sculptor Marcel F. Loyau.