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1. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, column, ca. March 14, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, column, ca. March 14, 2002 Columns; Scaffolding; Close-up of a column and scaffolding at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. Each column is made up of five 2200 pound segments carved from 300 million year old limestone from the quarries of northwest...
2. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, scaffolding and columns, March 14, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, scaffolding and columns, March 14, 2002 Scaffolding; Columns; Peristyles; Construction; Columns and scaffolding during construction of the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. The peristyle is made up of 12 pairs of Doric columns on a semicircular pedestal. Each of the 24 columns has 24...
3. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, October 15, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, October 15, 2002 Columns; Entablatures; Peristyles; Towers; Looking up at the columns and entablature of the peristyle from the ramp side. The top of Willoughby Tower on Michigan Avenue is visible in the background.
4. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, close-up of nozzle on fountain, October 30, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, close-up of nozzle on fountain, October 30, 2002 Fountains; Banners; Reflections; Close-up of the bronze nozzle on the fountain at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. A banner listing the names of Millennium Park founders is lit up in the background.
5. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Machinery; Industrial facilities; Machine shops; Steel Close up of a steel plate beneath a precision measuring device called a Faro arm. In order for the plates to fit together, the dimensions and curvature of each plate had to be accurate to within one-thousandth...
6. Cloud Gate, fabrication, milling, April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, milling, April 21, 2003 Steel; Milling machines; Machine shops; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; A milling machine is used to remove excess material from a steel plate. In order for the steel plates forming the sculpture to fit together, the dimensions and curvature of each plate had to be exact to...
7. Cloud Gate, fabrication, close-up of sub-frame grid, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, close-up of sub-frame grid, April 22, 2003 Structural frames; Close up of the sub-frame grid for one of the 168 plates that make up the mirror-like "skin" of the sculpture.
8. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, ca. April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, ca. April 21, 2003 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; Harbors; A worker attaches loops linking a crane to the top of one of the giant steel rings that make up part of the interior structural steel of the sculpture (later named Cloud Gate).
9. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, August 8, 2003 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Reflections; The first plate to go up during the trial assembly was the omphalos, or "belly button" of the sculpture.
10. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Looking up at the omphalos during the trial assembly of the sculpture at Performance Structures, Inc. in Oakland, California.
11. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Reflections; Industrial facilities; Photography; Dollies (Moving equipment); Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI), looks up at the sculpture during a trial assembly in Oakland, California.
12. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, rigging, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, rigging, September 18, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Close up view of the rigging system used to hold the steel plates into place during assembly.
13. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, rigging, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, rigging, September 18, 2003 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Close up view of the rigging system used to hold the steel plates into place during assembly.
14. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, interior trusses, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, interior trusses, September 18, 2003 Trusses; Steel; Close up view of steel trusses that make up part of the interior superstructure of the sculpture.
15. Cloud Gate, transportation study, Buckingham Fountain, ca. August 21, 2002 Cloud Gate, transportation study, Buckingham Fountain, ca. August 21, 2002 Stairways; Fountains; Street lights; Traffic signs & signals; Skyscrapers; Looking west at the steps leading up to Buckingham Fountain in Chicago. The buildings along the south Michigan Avenue street wall are visible in the background. Buildings visible in the background include...
16. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Steel; Skyscrapers; Looking north at the structural steel of the sculpture starting to go up. Buildings along east Randolph Street are visible in the background.
17. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Looking northwest at SBC Plaza, where the structural steel of the sculpture is starting to go up. The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library, is visible in the background, and behind...
18. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; Skyscrapers; Hoisting machinery; Looking northwest at SBC Plaza, where the structural steel of the sculpture is starting to go up. The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library, is visible in the background.
19. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; One of the two 22-by-25-foot steel rings that make up part of the sculpture's structural steel.
20. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, February 25, 2004 Structural systems; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Side view of one of the large 22-by-25-foot steel rings that make up part of the sculpture's structural steel.
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