We All Lose: Pershing Square Fountain Opens First

Ha! For once the long shot won. Who knew?

If they’d only have changed the pool into a hot tub and started selling margaritas, the place would now be a smashing success, at lunch time as well as after hours. Weekends? No problem - just make it clothing optional. San Diego has Black’s Beach. L.A. has Pershing Square.

I guess Park and Rec’s were able to find their plunger. Yeah…run dirty water run!!

To conserve one of our precious resources, we have to ask for a glass of water, but we accept the frivolous use of water fountains as acceptable?

I will look it up, but I am curious to know if the Pershing Square fountain is recycled or reclaimed water.

Fountains shouldn’t be the main cause for concern among water conservation enthusiasts. Pools, East Coast / European-style landscaping, and inefficient agricultural and industrial uses are all much larger water wasters than fountains are.

Considering the lavish use of water and, for that matter, outdoor illumination, in many of the major cities of the world, particularly Rome (e.g., the Trevi Fountain, the huge fountains in front of the Vatican), Paris (the fountains around and lighting of the Eiffel Tower), London (fountains of Trafalger Square and the nightly illuminated Big Ben), New York City (fountains around Columbus Circle, spotlighted towers everywhere else) and Washington DC (fountains and lit-up monuments galore), for people in Los Angeles – historically always a pipsqueak when it comes to the magnificence of its public spaces – to be oh-so-frugal and oh-so-thrifty about their environment is both hilarious and pathetic.