We conceived it as a lighted, glowing, moving feature for the plaza and gave it the focal point a fireplace gives a home.

They thought that they needed to spend a lot of money ripping out Philip Johnson's fountain and putting in something new instead of restoring something that worked well.

"[7] The rebuilt fountain debuted on September 30, 2009, at a ceremony attended by members of Charles Revson's family.

The redesigned fountain contains 353 jets arrayed in three concentric rings and 272 lights with a total illumination power of 27.2 kW.

[7] After the redesign, the fountain is capable of shooting water as high as 60 feet (18 m) in the air;[6] 24 pumps move up to 16,500 US gal/min (1,040 L/s).