Not the best photograph, but today’s site was once a landmark. Figure out what this Mystery Photo is about and send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C. was first in with the answer to the recent mystery: “Berczy Park is named after William Berczy, a German-born architect, surveyor, and writer. Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fountain, which opened in 2017, features 27 dog sculptures and one cat around, in, and on the fountain, each spraying water from its mouth.” The photo came from Chuck Cimarik of Peachtree Corners.
Others nailing the photo were George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Virginia Klaer, Duluth; Kay Montgomery,Duluth; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, He says: “This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto’s four-legged canines who frequent the park and enjoy romping around (on leashes) as they visit their favorite friends, who are all spouting water and looking upward to the main attraction of the fountain…a large gold-colored bone perched atop the fountain.
“The design of the fountain is based on a round, studded dog collar, with 27 dogs looking upwards at a large, golden bone suspended in the center. At ground level, there are six large-breed dogs outside the fountain itself, with a circle of 12 pugs situated inside the fountain’s perimeter. On the two upper levels of the fountain sit the remaining nine smaller dogs, which are usually wearing blue and yellow collar ribbons in support of Ukraine.
However, since the mystery photo was shot during the holiday season, the upper dogs are wearing colorful red and green ribbons instead of the colors of the Ukrainian flag.”
Chuck Cimarik adds: “Did you notice the silver bumps on the fountain? I was told by a friend, who was guiding me, that soon after the installation was complete one of the statues was damaged by skateboarders. So they installed the bumps to keep skateboarders from sliding the boards on the fountain edge.”
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Lanier Islands adds new members to resort staff
The newest additions to the Lanier Islands resort staff include (from left), Hakan Hendekli as director of rooms, who is originally from Turkey, and was trained Switzerland; Nishant Chaudhary as food and beverage director, originally from India, whose most recently was with Chateau Elan Resort and Winery; Lisa Jo Meredith, director of human resources, raised in south Florida and most recently at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.; Stephen Rudomanski, who will be director of finance, who last was with a five star luxury resort in Franklin, Tenn.; and Robert Holsten, who will be the Lake Lanier Islands general manager, who was promoted from being the Lanier Islands director of rooms.
