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1.		Crown Fountain, structural steel, construction of towers, November 26, 2003	Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Pipes (Conduits); Concrete; I-beams; Trucks; Trailers; Skyscrapers;	The north tower of Crown Fountain under construction. Each tower is 50 feet tall, 23 feet wide and 16 feet deep, separated by a 232 foot-long reflecting pool. At the bottom of this image the pipes that...

2.		Crown Fountain, installing glass brick panels, April 5, 2004	Glass blocks; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Pipes (Conduits);	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....

3.		Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002	Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; I-beams; Skyscrapers;	View from below of the steel I-beams forming the skeletal structure of the Pavilion’s roof. In designing the stage area, Frank Gehry took great care to ensure that the sense of intimacy enjoyed by those...

4.		Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, June 17, 2003	Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers;	Looking north at the western-most edge of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion’s headdress, showing steel and aluminum panels onto which the final stainless steel plates were attached. Workers used lifts to reach...

5.		Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, July 1, 2003	Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Construction workers;	Steel and aluminum panels are added to the underside of the headdress. The headdress, or proscenium, reaches a height of 120 feet above the stage and is an important part of the overall acoustical plan...

6.		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.

7.		Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Great Lawn, April 23, 2004	Skyscrapers; Hoisting machinery;	The Jay Pritzker Pavilion, trellis and Great Lawn. Slightly less than three months before Millennium Park opened to the public sod had been laid for the Great Lawn and automatic sprinklers kept it watered....

8.		Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the glass doors, ca. October 30, 2003	Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Stages (Platforms);	The stage area of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion showing construction of the steel structure for the glass stage doors. Two massive glass and steel doors were built for the stage area of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion...

9.		Jay Pritzker Pavilion, glass doors, ca. March 10, 2004	Cantilever construction; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Construction equipment;	Looking north at the stage doors and headdress of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The stage area can be closed off by two massive sliding glass doors between performances or to create an intimate indoor space...

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