Grant Park
the Grant Park is part of Park Row, Illinois, United States.Interesting places in Grant Park:
| Millennium Park | Pritzker Pavilion | |
| Daley Bicentennial Park | Bicentennial Plaza | |
| Petrillo Bandshell | South Shore Train Station | |
| General Logan Monument | Theodore Thomas Memorial | |
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Cloud Gate
Made by Jason's Travel Photography
A note from the artist: What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around. -Anish Kapoor More info from the Millenium Park website: Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a gate to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high. Cloud Gate sits upon the At&T Plaza, which was made possible by a gift from AT&T. www.millenniumpark.org/artandarchitecture/cloud_gate.html
In an upside-down world...
Made by thermophle
...which way is up - down? Look carefully! ________________________________ From www.millenniumpark.org: Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and inspired by the people of Chicago, The Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection. The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out. A fountain is the memory of nature, this marvelous sound of a little river in the mountains translated to the city. For me, a fountain doesn't mean a big jet of water. It means humidity, the origin of life. -Jaume Plensa
Bear Down Chicago!
Made by The New No. 2
Chicago awaits the Super Bowl. Look at it LARGE It is too bad the big game is always played on a neutral field in warm weather. Chicago is the home team this year and it would have been great to see a Super Bowl played in the 0 degree (Fahrenheit) weather that is forecast for Sunday.
RedBuckinghamFountain_2
Made by BrokenBat
The Fountain was red on Thursday, September 27th for a Dexter promotion. The original proposition from the marketing firm was to dye the water red which the Park District subsequently rejected. The lights were covered with red shading.
Chicago Skating
Made by fensterbme
People ice skating at Millenium Park in Chicago the day after Thanksgiving. This photo . Photo taken with a full frame digital Canon 5D and a Canon 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Nearest places of interest:
| Theodore Thomas Memorial Congress Plaza Hotel harbour wall 5 The Shedd Aquarium | Petrillo Bandshell Daley Bicentennial Park South Shore Train Station CNA Plaza |
