6-632: (Redirected from Obos ) OBOS may stand for: Obos (fountain) , a sculptural fountain by George Tsutakawa at the Jefferson National Life Building in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana Our Bodies, Ourselves , a book by Boston Women's Health Book Collective first published in 1971 Oslo Bolig- og Sparelag , a Norwegian housing company founded by Martin Strandli OpenBeOS, an operating system now known as Haiku Topics referred to by
12-457: A smaller four-legged element in the center. It originally had a water capacity of 6,000 US gallons (23,000 L; 5,000 imp gal) and recirculated 2,000 US gallons (7,600 L; 1,700 imp gal) a minute. The name "obos" relates to formations or stacks of rocks made by travelers in the Himalayas . The sculptural fountain was commissioned by E. Kirk McKinney, who was at the time
18-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Obos (fountain) Obos is a sculptural fountain that was commissioned for the Jefferson Plaza in front of the Jefferson National Life Building at 3 Virginia Avenue in downtown Indianapolis , Indiana . The hammered silicon bronze fountain was designed by George Tsutakawa and dedicated on September 9, 1971, but removed in 2008. In 2012 it
24-417: The president of Jefferson National Life Insurance. The fountain was on display in Jefferson Plaza for more than 40 years, until the building was sold to Allen Commercial Group, and the fountain was ultimately removed in 2008 to make room for outdoor seating of a new restaurant. The sculpture was purchased in 2012 by John Braseth, who hired Fabrication Specialties of Seattle to begin restoring and re-plumbing
30-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title OBOS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OBOS&oldid=867736040 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-542: Was purchased by John Braseth, a Seattle art dealer, who has restored it in preparation for public display in the Seattle, Washington area. The bronze fountain consists of multiple elements that appear to be stacked to form a tall abstract form with multiple water jet elements to create a fountain. The fountain has five main components, each of which are in an abstracted, lotus-like forms: a four-legged base, two rectilinear middle sections, an inverted four-legged base element with
#256743