Motto on the Grotto

As long as the first blog post was about a fountain at the Richard Riordan Central Library, I thought I would share about two other fountains known simply as Grotto Fountain, located in Maguire Park, which is found on the Flower Street side of said library.

The words on the above fountain aren't so much a motto as a quote.  I just couldn't help myself by referring to them as such.

The quote: "Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand * It Never Did * It Never Will" (Frederick Douglass).

The Grotto Fountain was a creative collaboration by Lawrence Halprin and Jud Fine in 1993. 

 end of posting fine print:  all photos are copyright 2012 Lori J. Bjork, lbjork9999@yahoo.com