Columbus circle observation of the inner circle

I observed the inner circle of Columbus Circle between 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.

There are three entrances which break through the outer garden to gain access to the central plaza. In order to protect the fountain from cars each entrance has two 18 high inch pylons, flanked by sloping walls of the garden and fountian.  At its highest point the wall is around four feet. The garden is made up of six different types of ground cover and one type of tree, fifteen trees in total. The fountain has three tiers, with spouts on the top two. There are three fountains with a total of 99 spouts (29, 31 and 39).  The largest fountain having the most spouts is on the Central Park Entrance side.

I noticed that at any given time there were no fewer than 20 people in the inner circle. The highest volume of people was around 80. Most people were in small groups of about three or four. The crowd was relatively made up of young adults, but did include a full range of people including infants and senior citizens, of which there were only two.

There were five skateboarders and three scooters (one was a young child).

Thirteen people were eating lunch most listening to music, four read, and one was playing a game on their phone. All people in the space would check their phones regularly 

On average, people by themselves stayed longer.

People with bikes moved through the circle and did not stay.

Most people read.

The majority of people had cameras.

There were three photo shoots two of couples, and one for the groom’s men.

There were three types of lighting in the circle.

One man played his guitar and one woman danced in a ballerina outfit.  Neither one asked for money.