  fashion island is an upscale open-air lifestyle center in newport beach, california. fashion island is owned by the irvine company. ==history==  opened in 1967 as part of newport center, the center featured four department stores: buffum's, j. w. robinson's, the broadway, and j.c. penney. these four initial buildings were designed by architects william pereira and welton becket, and were flanked by several smaller stores. the spanish architectural theme which would later define the property was evident in the robinson's building. in the late 1970s, bullocks wilshire (which later became i. magnin) and neiman marcus were added. in the early 1980s, j.c. penney moved out, and the building it occupied was reconstructed and reopened as "atrium court", which contained numerous smaller shops and a food court on the lower level. thumb|right|fashion island the southwest entrance to robinson's features a bronze wind-chime sculpture by mural artist tom van sant, installed in september 1967, that was recorded by the guinness book of records as the world's largest wind chime. (possibly supplanted by eureka springs, ark. in 2007.) in 1988, the center underwent a major expansion and renovation based on the design of jon jerde, adding the island terrace food court, an eight-screen movie theater, and three new avenues of shops, all of which converge in a circular courtyard with an animated fountain that shoots jets of water up to  high. this fountain is known as the "iris fountain" because of the radial-leaves pattern of its marble lining coupled with the jets of water that suggests the iris plant. thumb|fashion island newport beach ca in 1990, the bullocks wilshire store became an i. magnin. federated department stores, which owned i. magnin closed the chain in the mid 1990s, and the store was replaced with a bullock's women's store. when federated shuttered the bullock's chain, the store was replaced again by macy's as a macy's women's store. buffum's closed i
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