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Crown Fountain, installing a granite tile, March 11, 2004


Title	Crown Fountain, installing a granite tile, March 11, 2004
Description	Installing the second granite tile. Granite tiles line the bottom of Crown Fountain's reflecting pool. Pedestals hold the tiles 20-inches off the ground, creating a space for a reservoir of water just beneath the tiles. Getting the black granite tiles level was essential because of the minute 1/4-inch depth of the reflecting pool. The smoothness of the tiles contributed to the glass-like surface of the reflecting pool as well as making it safer for public interaction.
Neighborhood	Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM	Pedestals Pipes (Conduits) Tiles Construction workers Pails Chisels & mallets Skyscrapers Concrete Trees Trucks
Subject.LCSH	Crown Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
Subject.AAT	chain link fences boards (flat objects) cinder block polypropylene levels (tools) carpenters' squares granite (rock) hard hats
Photographer	Unknown
Artists	Plensa, Jaume, 1955-
Contributors	Courtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download	3/11/2004
Time Period	2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository Number	SPE-MP USER Crown 2004.3.11.11
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
Collection	Millennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Language	eng
Type	Image
Original Format	jpeg
Genre	Portrait photographs
Original Size	802 KB
Original Resolution (dpi)	72
Original Dimension (Pixels)	2048x1360
Camera Specifications	Sony CD MAVICA
Book	Crown Fountain
Chapter	Chapter 8: Excavation and construction of reservoir and reflecting pool

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