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Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003
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| Title | Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 |
| Description | A glass brick in the center of shelves of objects produced by L.E. Smith Glass Company. The project team had precise specifications for the size and color of the glass bricks, and clarity was necessary as well. Although artist Jaume Plensa had found a European fabricator for the bricks, the project team wanted to use a domestic manufacturer because it would be more cost-effective. Eventually they found L.E. Smith Glass Company, of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, a pressed-glass fabricating company that specializes in decorative objects. L.E. Smith Glass Company fabricated 22, 000 five- by ten- by two-inch glass bricks for the towers of Crown Fountain. |
| Neighborhood | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM | Glass blocks
Glassware
Shelving
Merchandise displays
Paneling
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| Subject.LCSH | Crown Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
L.E. Smith Glass Co.
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| Subject.AAT | pressed glass
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| Photographer | Unknown
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| Artists | Plensa, Jaume, 1955-
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| Contributors | Courtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
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| Date Of Download | 5/21/2003 |
| Time Period | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009 |
| Repository Number | SPE-MP USER Crown 2003.5.21.1 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Collection | Millennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Image
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| Original Format | jpeg
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| Original Size | 1.39 MB |
| Original Resolution (dpi) | 72 |
| Original Dimension (Pixels) | 2048x1536 |
| Camera Specifications | Sony CD MAVICA
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| Book | Crown Fountain
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| Chapter | Chapter 5: Fabricating the glass bricks
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