Millennium Park
the Millennium Park is part of Grant Park .Interesting places in Millennium Park:
| Pritzker Pavilion |
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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
Millenium Park Chicago
Made by ArelyM
The Crown Fountain 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. Plensa adapted this practice by having faces of Chicago citizens projected on LED screens and having water flow through a water outlet in the screen to give the illusion of water spouting from their mouths. The collection of faces, Plensa's tribute to Chicagoans, was taken from a cross-section of 1,000 residents. The fountain, which anchors the southwest corner of Millennium Park at Michigan Avenue and Monroe Streets, is a favorite of both children and families. The water is on from mid-spring through mid-fall each year (weather permitting,) while the images remain on year-round.
Pritzker Pavillion, Millennium Park, Chicago - Frank Gehry - 360°
Made by Sam Rohn - Location Scout
Panoramic Virtual Tour of Millennium Park, Chicago, December 2006 View the Flickr SPI-V (shockwave) interactive version Sam Rohn :: Location Scout :: New York City
Engulfed
Made by kookybites
I got my feet wet with all the kids at Crown Fountain today. Much better . Explore, September 2, 2007
cloud gate. chicago, il. 2007.
Made by eyetwist
prcssd. anish kapoor's gloud gate sculpture in millennium park, chicago, il.
Nearest places of interest:
| 55 East Monroe Symphony Center Petrillo Bandshell Chicago Yacht Club | Pritzker Pavilion Aon Center Prudential Plaza The Chicago Theater |
