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1. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, cornice, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, cornice, July 22, 2002 Cornices; Scaffolding; Close-up of the underside of the cornice of the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. The Y-shaped symbol in the corner of the cornice is the Chicago municipal device, a motif that is visible in architecture...
2. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature under construction, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature under construction, July 22, 2002 Friezes (Entablature components); Construction workers; Construction; Construction equipment; Pails; The top of the frieze of Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square during construction, showing some of the support structure beneath the limestone.
3. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Machinery; Machine shops Interior view of the fabrication shop at Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) facility in Oakland, California. Some of the steel plates for the sculpture are visible in the background.
4. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Machinery; Machine shops Interior view of the fabrication shop at Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) facility in Oakland, California. Some of the steel plates for the sculpture are visible in the background.
5. Cloud Gate, fabrication, exterior view of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI), December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, exterior view of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI), December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Dollies (Moving equipment); Steel; Exterior of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. Visible on the left are some of the curved steel plates that would later form part of the mirrorlike "skin" of Anish Kapoor's sculpture...
6. Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Welding; Steel; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Welding in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI). Some of the smaller plates were seam welded together prior to their shipment from Oakland to Chicago.
7. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Champagne (Wine); Drinking vessels; Celebrations; Artist Anish Kapoor pours champagne for the crew, celebrating the installation of the final steel plate with a traditional "topping off" party. During the party, Kapoor named the sculpture "Cloud Gate,"...
8. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Drinking vessels; Scaffolding; Celebrations; Artist Anish Kapoor pours champagne for the crew, celebrating the installation of the final steel plate with a traditional "topping off" party. During the party, Kapoor named the sculpture "Cloud Gate,"...
9. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Champagne (Wine); Drinking vessels; Celebrations; Artist Anish Kapoor pours champagne for the crew, celebrating the installation of the final steel plate with a traditional "topping off" party. During the party, Kapoor named the sculpture "Cloud Gate,"...
10. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Celebrations; Toasting; Drinking vessels; Artist Anish Kapoor (right) toasts the crew during the celebration of the installation of the final steel plate onto the sculpture. During the party, Kapoor named the sculpture "Cloud Gate," though he...
11. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Plazas; Reflections; Stairways; Construction equipment; Trees; Looking south toward Cloud Gate. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the sculpture's reflection. Formally, Kapoor’s works are rooted in minimalism, but they have an enigmatic quality that creates...
12. Cloud Gate, grinding, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, grinding, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Ladders; Marks (Symbols); A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander). In addition to grinding and polishing the seams where the plates were welded, a two to three feet wide area...
13. Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Sketches; Fountains; An early sketch of Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa. The Crown Foundation agreed to fund a water feature at Millennium Park in December 1999 and invited 3 artists to submit proposals. The Crowns left the...
14. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; A close up view of an LED panel behind a mock-up of the glass brick wall. Each pixel is made up of five light emitting diodes, or LEDs, two red, two green and one blue, which can be manipulated into almost...
15. Crown Fountain, video still with notes, July 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, video still with notes, July 30, 2003 Film stills; Pens; Marks (Symbols); A printed out image of a face that will be included in Crown Fountain’s video bank, showing some of the considerations the film makers had to take into account.

The dimensions of Crown Fountain,...
16. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Concrete; Cantilever construction; Looking northeast toward the construction site as the steel skeleton of the Pavilion takes shape. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion shares some common space with its neighbor to the north, the Joan W. and Irving...
17. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, view of construction site showing formwork, January 9, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, view of construction site showing formwork, January 9, 2003 Concrete; Construction workers; Sawhorses; View of the construction site of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Wooden formwork is still visible where some of the concrete walls had not yet been cast.
18. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, view of construction site showing formwork, ca. January 9, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, view of construction site showing formwork, ca. January 9, 2003 Concrete; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Looking northeast toward the construction site of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Wooden formwork is still visible where some of the concrete walls had not yet been cast.
19. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, July 1, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, July 1, 2003 Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Looking north toward the Pavilion where the structural steel for the headdress is under construction, and some of the steel panels have been added.
20. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, ca. July 1, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, ca. July 1, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Parks; Workers securing the steel and aluminum panels to the structural steel provide a reference to the scale of some of these pieces. The panels ranged from 6 square feet to a staggering 300 square feet.
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