Rocket (firework) century. Yet with all these drawbacks fireworks will continue to maintain their use as a traditional pastime with an ongoing history of nearly 5,000 years. Rocket (firework) A rocket is a pyrotechnic firework made out of a paper tube packed with gunpowder that is propelled into the air. Types of rockets include the skyrockets, which have a stick to provide stability during airborne flight; missiles, which instead rotate for stability or are shot out of a tube; and bottle rockets, smaller fireworks – 1½ in (3.8 cm) long, though the attached stick extends the total length to approximately 12 in
Crown Fountain their attention. "Crown Fountain" has more interactivity than other Chicago fountains, such as "Buckingham Fountain" and Lorado Taft's "Fountain of the Great Lakes" and "Fountain of Time" (all but the last are in Grant Park). These other Chicago fountains are traditional in that they discourage viewer touching; "Buckingham Fountain" is surrounded by a fence, and Taft's fountains are surrounded by moats. In contrast, "Crown Fountain" provides an open invitation to play in the fountain's water. "U.S. News & World Report" describes the fountain as an exemplary feature of the city's numerous urban parks. "Chicago Tribune" architecture critic Blair Kamin, who