Conservation of Sculpture & Objects Studio, Inc. (CSOS), a Chicago-based consultant group, recently completed their analysis of several possible conservation options for the City’s oldest commissioned public artwork.

CSOS considered the nearly 1400 responses to a March 2023 community survey about the fate of the fountain, as well as the results from Ground Penetrating Radar and 3D Laser Scanning (LiDAR) to develop a matrix of conservation options, some of the pros and cons of each approach, and corresponding cost estimates.