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| Title | Crown Fountain, installing glass brick panels, April 5, 2004 |
| Description | A grid of glass bricks is lifted and hoisted into place on the north tower of Crown Fountain. LED panels are already in place on the tower and a gap shows where the "gargoyle” nozzle will be fitted.
The stainless steel grid was fabricated by Circle Redmont, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, to hold the glass bricks in place. Each grid is 5 feet tall and either 23 or 13 feet long, depending on what side of the tower it goes on. The grids are hoisted into place by cranes and then are welded together. When fully assembled the steel grids are virtually invisible behind the glass bricks, achieving artist Jaume Plensa's vision of a wall of glass, but with the strength and stability required for safety. |
| Neighborhood | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM | Glass blocks
Structural frames
Hoisting machinery
Construction workers
Pipes (Conduits)
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| Subject.LCSH | Crown Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
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| Subject.AAT | stainless steel
LEDs
hard hats
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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 | 4/5/2004 |
| Time Period | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009 |
| Repository Number | SPE-MP USER Crown 2004.4.5.33 |
| 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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| Genre | Portrait photographs
Progress photographs
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| Original Size | 321 KB |
| Original Resolution (dpi) | 72 |
| Original Dimension (Pixels) | 1280x960 |
| Camera Specifications | Sony CD MAVICA
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| Book | Crown Fountain
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| Chapter | Chapter 9: Tower construction
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| Highlight | highlight
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