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1. Crown Fountain, LED test in Millennium Park, October 3, 2002 Crown Fountain, LED test in Millennium Park, October 3, 2002 Mock-ups; Glass blocks; Scaffolding; Construction equipment; Skyscrapers; Flags; Fog; Eyes; Lighting; On a gloomy, overcast day in Chicago a second LED test was conducted on site. Glass brick panels and LED panels were temporarily erected in Millennium Park at the approximate height of the towers to check...
2. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, partially-built cantilever, ca. January 9, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, partially-built cantilever, ca. January 9, 2003 Cantilever construction; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Concrete; Skyscrapers; Looking northeast toward the construction site and the partially-built cantilever, which provides support for the headdress. The nature of the design demanded that the structural steel had to be perfectly...
3. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Construction workers; Sawhorses; Structural steel for the headdress was hoisted from above by a crane during installation. The first steel panels had been added as the ribbons of the headdress began to take shape.
4. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, August 10, 2003 Skyscrapers; Streets; Trees; Looking west through the headdress’s structural steel along Washington Street during construction. In addition to being the Pavilion’s signature decorative element, the headdress, or proscenium was...
5. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, view of partially constructed headdress, ca. August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, view of partially constructed headdress, ca. August 10, 2003 Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Looking north toward the western ribbons of the headdress. Concrete columns, part of the trellis support system, are visible in the foreground.
6. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, November 12, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, November 12, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Construction workers; Workers atop a lift install the final layer of steel panels onto one of the ribbons of the headdress.
7. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, headdress with multicolored lighting, ca. January 21, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, headdress with multicolored lighting, ca. January 21, 2004 Testing; Lighting; Skyscrapers; Headdress ribbons were illuminated in red and blue lights during a mid-construction lighting test. The top of the Smurfit-Stone Building is visible in the background.
8. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, headdress with blue lighting, March 22, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, headdress with blue lighting, March 22, 2004 Testing; Lighting; Skyscrapers; Looking north toward the Pavilion at night as it was illuminated in blue during a lighting test. The ribbons and the headdress of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion are even more dramatic at night when they are...
9. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, June 19, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, June 19, 2003 Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Construction workers; A close-up view of part of the trellis before it was installed over the Great Lawn. Inkeeping with Frank Gehry’s distinctive style, the trellis that spans the Great Lawn is not only attractive and adds...
10. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; A section of the partially-built trellis is bolted to a concrete column. One of the headdress's ribbons is visible in the background.
11. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Ladders; A section of the trellis is lifted into place in between ribbons of the headdress.
12. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Looking northeast toward the Pavilion as crane lifts a section of trellis into place in between ribbons of the headdress.
13. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Looking northeast toward the Pavilion as a crane lifts a section of trellis into place in between ribbons of the headdress. Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower is visible in the background.
14. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis, August 10, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Scaffolding; A crane lifts a section of the trellis into place in between ribbons of the headdress.
15. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, trellis with speakers, June 30, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, trellis with speakers, June 30, 2004 Lawns; Skyscrapers; Trees; Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Looking northwest from the back of the Great Lawn toward the stage and headdress of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. With a little over two weeks left before Millennium Park opened to the public this photograph...
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