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Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installation of structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installation of structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003
TitleJay Pritzker Pavilion, installation of structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003
DescriptionLooking east, the partially-built headdress is in profile as a crane lifts structural steel into place. The distance the headdress, or proscenium, extends from the stage provides a cover for most of the fixed seating area and reverberates the sound toward the audience. In the words of architect Frank Gehry, "Eighty percent of the proscenium has an acoustical function. When somebody's onstage and makes a sound, it disappears right behind your ears. You hear it, and it goes away. So anything that contains the sound or holds it in the realm of where it was made is a plus. The side panels are meant to contain sound, not let it dissipate. And the ones on top reflect the sound to the audience.”
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Subject.LCSHJay Pritzker Pavilion (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and construction
Subject.AATstructural steel
PhotographerUnknown
ArtistsGehry, Frank O., 1929-
ContributorsCourtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download5/13/2003
Time Period2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository NumberSPE-MP USER Pritzker 2003.5.13.14
Repository NameChicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
CollectionMillennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
Rightshttp://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Languageeng
TypeImage
Original Formatjpeg
GenrePortrait photographs
Original Size1.27 MB
Original Resolution (dpi)72
Original Dimension (Pixels)2048x1536
Camera SpecificationsSony CD MAVICA
BookJay Pritzker Pavilion
ChapterChapter 4: Headdress: structural steel
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