It seems that the City can't adequately maintain the current small water features and fountains on the Fulton Mall. And now they want to take on the added burden of maintaining a fake lake/river? And close another downtown street to traffic? And the REAL sad thing is, this fountain below is in better shape than a lot of the other Fulton Mall fountains. At least this one has water in it! There really is no excuse for the sad condition of the mall's infrastructure. I know it's better than it once was, but it's as though the City (meaning City Hall in this case) somewhere along the way, just stopped caring.
