99% Invisible Fountain Drinks
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Nov 10, 2015 This podcast explores the history and significance of drinking fountains, from the installation of the first one in London to the challenges of ensuring sanitary drinking practices. It also discusses the decline of public fountains, efforts to install fountains in a stadium, and the process of creating music with layered rhythms and dissonance.
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Making Fountains Feel Special
- Pilot Projects staged a red carpet service to offer water from a public fountain in Union Square, New York.
- They used performance and ceremony to make drinking fountains feel prestigious again.
London’s Fountain Day Celebration
- Londoners turned out in top hats and finery to celebrate the first free, fresh drinking fountain in 1859.
- The fountain served thousands daily and became a civic sensation.
Dirty Water Fueled Cholera
- Many Londoners lacked in-home water and fetched contaminated Thames water or wells.
- Contaminated water fueled cholera outbreaks that killed tens of thousands in mid-1800s London.