Steady Construction Progress On Fountain In Downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park

Construction is progressing steadily on work to rebuild the large fountain at Downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park, according to the Bayfront Park Management Trust.

The fountain is being rebuilt with a new lighting scheme, and will be “iconic” and an “unparalleled engineering feat,” the Trust previously said.

Opening of the rebuilt fountain was announced earlier this year, and was scheduled for January 2025.

The fountain originally opened in 1990, but full operation didn’t last long after it opened. In 2007, it was converted to a base for hot air balloon rides.

 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
6 days ago

There will years of studies to determine when it opens

calivalle
6 days ago

Quite frankly it looks awesome..But its always windy across the bay.Anyone walking buy will be taking a shower.An alternative would of had built an ICONIC SPHERE as in Las Vegas…

Anonymous
6 days ago

Reintroducing “iconic”!!!

Anonymous
6 days ago

🙂

Zz001
6 days ago

I was just about comment that I haven’t seen the term “iconic” here for a few months. Welcome back “Iconic” !

calivalle
5 days ago

LMAO,ICONIC,ALWAYS WORKS

Anonymous
6 days ago

I wonder how long it will take before it breaks down and is forgotten like so many other city and county “art” projects. Noguchi wouldn’t recognize it if he were still alive.

Anonymous
6 days ago

TBH, the Noguchi renovation of Bayfront Park was your typical starchitect disaster. The plans looked great, until you realize removing countless mature shade trees was a terrible idea. Not to mention… that Challenger memorial that became a de facto skate park.

Plan Better
4 days ago

The Noguchi design was not suitable for a tropical climate.
The modifications have made the park viable.

Anonymous
6 days ago

i hope its not like the lights on the columns of the 395 bridge and the port bridge….they were lit up beautifully and then as they burn out they are NEVER replaced….shameful

Anon
6 days ago

It will be. Thats what this city does – propose things it doesnt even have the funding to maintain.

Sam K
2 days ago

Yet somehow, people who advocate for gov’t trains want more of them….

30kmillionFLA
6 days ago

If Jacksonville can have and maintain a functional, iconic fountain, then so can Miami ⛲️

Anon
6 days ago

Yeah thats the only reason this is happening – Miami commissioners got showed up by Jax lmao can’t even keep a fountain on

Anonymous
6 days ago

Jacksonville is run by competent folks. I think Orlando would be a better comparison.

Anonymously anonymous
6 days ago

Have u been to jacksonville?

Johnny Blitz
5 days ago

Dude, EVERY major city in America has a fountain in their Downtown. At least every respectable city does.

Norma
6 days ago

This will look great but we need to make Biscayne Blvd more pedestrian friendly. What happened to the coffee shops supposed to be built in the middle of it? What happened to Green Biscayne? That was such a great plan!!

Annonny non non
6 days ago

Unparalleled engineering feat? Embarrassing

Exactly
5 days ago

It’s a nothing special fountain. These bozos try to convince us that chicken shit is chicken salad.

Giant Box
3 days ago

There’s also a massive pump room feet from it that’s an eye sore and a large cooling statin tower? next to the water now that’s really ugly. How can something as simple as a fountain get so f-ed up?! You’re trying to make the space better but you add a bunch of ugly shit that makes parts worse.

Anonymous
6 days ago

How about more shade trees here and Museum Park next?

Anon
6 days ago

I hope they have the funding to actually keep it on this time…..

Anonymous
6 days ago

Bellagio (MGM) has no issue keeping their fountain functional. Hence, the City should have allowed Resorts World. That would have been a game changer for the good for downtown.

Sam K
2 days ago

Or Carnival, or Royal Carribean, or NCL, or anyone except the City, County, or some Foundation controlled by the City or County.

Date
6 days ago

When will it be open?

Anon
6 days ago

2031, conservatively.

transplant
6 days ago

^LMAO

anon
6 days ago

It has taken Joe Carollo, as chairman of the Bayfront Trust 7 years to get to this point! Entire highrises are built in less time!

To Tell The T
5 days ago

It will probably work for the first month

Johnny Blitz
5 days ago

A major city without a fountain. Imagine that. Get it done PDQ.

Bob Morton
1 day ago

They should have hired Freeport Fountains, the company that rebuilt Jacksonville’s fountain. It is beautiful now.

John Hernandez
1 day ago

That company also did Orlando’s Lake Eola Fountain, also beautiful

AJ Reddy
1 day ago

Will it have Las Vegas Bellagio style musical fountains?