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The Tyler Davidson Fountain or The Genius of Water is a statue and fountain located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is regarded as the city's symbol and one of the area's most-visited attractions. It was dedicated in 1871 and is the centerpiece of Fountain Square, a hardscape plaza at the corner of 5th and Vine Streets in the downtown area.
Aug 12, 2022 · Tyler Davidson is a producer of the thriller film 'Emily the Criminal', starring Aubrey Plaza as a woman who gets involved in illegal activities. He praises the script, the director and the lead actress, and reveals how they shot the movie in LA during the pandemic.
- Mark Meszoros
- It’s a drinking fountain. Yes, the Tyler Davidson Fountain is a work of art but it was designed as a drinking fountain. You can still get a drink from the four statuary spigots surrounding the Genius of Water.
- Originally, each drinking fountain had an attached drinking cup. Into the 1800s, before the germ theory of disease caught on, all drinking fountains had metal cups on chains for drinking purposes since slurping from a spigot was considered unseemly.
- The fountain once provided ice-cold water. Underneath the fountain, as originally installed, was a cooling chamber, filled with ice and lined by a network of 2,000 feet of pipe through which the water for the drinking fountains flowed during the summer months.
- The fountain is a monument to Temperance. The Tyler Davidson Fountain is among many Victorian monuments known as Temperance fountains. It was intended to keep Cincinnatians out of the downtown saloons.
Oct 4, 2021 · The Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square was dedicated on Oct. 6, 1871. After 150 years and a few makeovers, it is still the heart of Cincinnati.
- Jeff Suess
- Local History Writer
Tyler Davidson is known for Take Shelter (2011), Emily the Criminal (2022) and The Signal (2014).
- Producer, Production Manager, Executive
- Tyler Davidson
Oct 6, 2021 · See how Cincinnati celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Tyler Davidson Fountain, a historic landmark in Fountain Square, on Oct. 6, 2021. The event featured speeches, music, flowers and water displays.
I recently attended its Cleveland Premiere where I also had the pleasure of meeting one of the film’s producers, Tyler Davidson. Davidson, fresh off the success of his critically acclaimed film, Take Shelter, provided an insightful pre
