To add to Jon's story: I was coming back from work in Central Falls thinking I'd better get lettuce since there was no way I could imagine any dinner but salad. Lo! There was a farmers market at the Park. I pulled over and admired the fountain and laughed with the kids getting soaked on that hot, hot day. I got my lettuce, some tomatoes and foccacio -- aka dinner -- and headed back to the fountain where I got splashed, delightfully. I haven't set foot in that park since my kids used the play equipment.<div>
<br></div><div>Let me add to the praise of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 15px; ">Jesse Polhemus and SNA! Serious big-time community assets. Thank you.</span><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Jonathan Howard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@ceffect.com">jon@ceffect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Today, I got a hot dog at the Chez Pascal cart for lunch and remembered I had a great new place to go eat it – our fountain. There was no one there when I arrived, just a shady bench and the sound of the water. Soon I noticed a grackle giving himself a thorough scrubbing. Then I saw a friend lining up shots for his Facebook page. We exchanged greetings and a bit of news. As I circled the fountain for another look at all four faces, I saw an older man I didn’t know. Still, we recognized that we were both there for the same reason – to experience and admire this new neighborhood wonder – and immediately struck up a conversation about recirculation, water temperatures and our memories of the fountain.<br>
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I agree with all that’s been said in praise of Jesse Polhemus and SNA in regard to our newly activated Anthony Fountain and would add this: it’s a great conversation piece, too. Thanks!<br>
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