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ComEd, Chicago Park District Team up With WGN’s Tom Skilling to Bring Buckingham Fountain Back to Life

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
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b'After a one-year hiatus, ComEd will again team up with the Chicago Park District to turn on Chicago\xe2\x80\x99s iconic Buckingham Fountain as part of the annual \xe2\x80\x9cSwitch on Summer\xe2\x80\x9d event, which celebrates the arrival of summer.

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  • b'After a one-year hiatus, ComEd will again team up with the Chicago Park District to turn on Chicago\xe2\x80\x99s iconic Buckingham Fountain as part of the annual \xe2\x80\x9cSwitch on Summer\xe2\x80\x9d event, which celebrates the arrival of summer.
  • I want to thank ComEd and the Chicago Park District for their partnership and look forward to bringing our famed Buckingham Fountain back to life.\xe2\x80\x9d\nA ComEd sweepstakes winner will be the one to revive Buckingham Fountain with the flip of a switch \xe2\x80\x93 signaling the return of this longstanding Chicago tradition.
  • Architect Edward Bennett (1874\xe2\x80\x931954) designed the monument in collaboration with French sculptor Marcel Francois Loyau (1895\xe2\x80\x931936) and engineer Jacques H. Lambert.
  • The Buckingham Fountain, however, is twice the size and re-circulates approximately three times more water than its French counterpart.