Talk:Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

Notes

I was just in London at this memorial, and I have several questions (I also have some photos sans water that I'll try to upload shortly):

• Anyone know who the archtect and/or designer were?
• I believe the stone is granite; can someone confirm?
• What's the diameter of the oval?
• What's the actual width of the streambed? (I guessed around 5 feet).
• How on earth are they going to keep the area around the "fountain" from turning into a mudbath? It's been open only 2 weeks and already the grass directly next to the streambed is trampled into the ground. It's surrounded by what looks like temporary fencing-- is this to try to keep people off the grass to let it recover during off-hours?
• How many hours a day/when does the water actually flow?
• Is it really in Hyde Park or in Kensington Gardens? I think it's the latter, but the original sentence that I took from the Diana, Princess of Wales article said Hyde Park.

Thanks.

Elf | Talk 04:47, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

As of today (see sig) the area isn't exactly a mudbath, although the area adjacent to the Fountain is quite muddy but fairly firm to walk on and there's a large overflow puddle at the bottom.

And it's in Hyde Park, on the east side of the Serpentine Bridge, but quite close to the border with Kensington Gardens. Lee M 01:24, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The cornerstone was laid in 1993? That can't be right, surely? --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 17:26, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)

You're right, that was me losing track of what decade I'm in. I still date my checks 198x sometimes... Elf | Talk 18:43, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Photos

I took some photos but when I was there, July 19, there was a work crew with two huge pumps and brooms and hoses everywhere. I was trying to get a nice photo that showed the tranquil Serpentine in the background and/or showed the oval as a whole, all without the work crews or hoses, but that proved challenging. I used this photo that's currently at the top of the article but maybe this photo showing the whole oval more or less would be better... or maybe someone can get there on a day when they're not cleaning it and the water is running and get a better photo. Elf | Talk 19:47, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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"people will be prevented from walking or running in the water by six people employed to watch over visitors."

I didn't see any watchers when I visited the fountain today, unless of course they were disguised as members of the public. Nobody was actually wading in the water (too cold!) but lots of people were walking on the concrete perimeter, even though this is hazardously steep in places. Lee M 01:24, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

POV Issues

The descriptions of this seem unnecessarily twee (yes, OK, that's my opinion), but also a little lacking in NPOV. Perhaps we could take some of the artistic judgement out of it? Andrewferrier 20:07, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)

Refs / Ex. Links

Some are coming to 404s... anyone care to dig up caches? microchip08 (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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