The fountain at City Hall Plaza is among those the mayor wants spouting. (Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan)

Mayor's splashy goal: working fountains

By Donovan Slack

Globe Staff / April 22, 2004

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Paris has the sparkling Trocadero Gardens. In Rome, the great sea god Triton blows cascades through his conch shell into rippling pools below. Boston, by contrast, has never been much on fountains. Across the city there are a grand total of 23, and many of those haven't worked for years, while Kansas City has 160, for example. (Full Article: 924 Words)