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1. BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, October 13, 2003 BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, October 13, 2003 Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Hoisting machinery; A view of the concrete foundation ramp and the structural steel of the eastern approach span during the construction of BP Bridge. The partially-built Jay Pritzker Pavilion and trellis are visible in the...
2. BP Bridge, excavating Daley Bicentennial Plaza, June 6, 2003 BP Bridge, excavating Daley Bicentennial Plaza, June 6, 2003 Excavation; Trees; Skyscrapers; Excavating Daley Bicentennial Plaza in preparation for the construction of the BP Bridge.
3. BP Bridge, subframing, February 13, 2004 BP Bridge, subframing, February 13, 2004 Streets; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Structural frames; Surveying equipment; Snow; Skyscrapers; Installing subframing for the stainless steel shingles, or "scales", on the underside of the BP Bridge.
4. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Skyscrapers; Reflections; Construction equipment; Plazas; Looking southwest toward Cloud Gate and SBC Plaza four days before the park was opened to the public. Crown Fountain and the Michigan Avenue street wall are visible in the background. The surface of Cloud...
5. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Trees; Skyscrapers; Street lights; Trucks; Buses; Reflections; Looking east across Michigan Avenue toward Cloud Gate. The sculpture was fully assembled by the end of June 2004, and was unveiled to the public the next month, although it remained incomplete until it...
6. 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; Automobiles; Exterior view of the Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) facility in Oakland, California.
7. Cloud Gate, fabrication, Oakland landscape with Ethan Silva, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, Oakland landscape with Ethan Silva, December 17, 2002 Industrial facilities; Fences; Clouds; Ethan Silva of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) pointing toward an industrial landscape near PSI in Oakland, California.
8. Crown Fountain, architectural model, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, architectural model, May 13, 2002 Architectural models; Offices; An architectural model depicting Crown Fountain at the offices of Krueck + Sexton Architects.
9. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass industry; Glassworkers; Fans (Machinery); Collecting molten glass at the end of a gathering rod before being pressing it into a mold at L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
10. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass industry; Windows; Stools; A workroom with machinery at L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. L.E. Smith Glass Company fabricated 22,000 five- by ten- by two-inch glass bricks for the towers of Crown Fountain....
11. Crown Fountain, fountain preview, gargoyle spray, June 28, 2004 Crown Fountain, fountain preview, gargoyle spray, June 28, 2004 Fountains; Faces; Lighting; Glass blocks; Children; Testing; Testing the water of the gargoyle spray during a preview of Crown Fountain.
12. Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, November 16, 2003 Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, November 16, 2003 Mock-ups; Office buildings; Structural systems; Fences; Lighting; Faces; Lampposts; Concrete; Paul Gray of the Richard Gray Gallery (left) and artist Jaume Plensa during a viewing of a full scale mock-up of the LED component of Crown Fountain at Barco's Logan, Utah offices. Barco manufactured the...
13. Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, November 16, 2003 Crown Fountain, full scale LED mock-up in Logan, Utah, November 16, 2003 Mock-ups; Office buildings; Structural systems; Fences; Lighting; Faces; Video recording; Lampposts; Concrete; Artist Jaume Plensa (left) and Alan Schachtman of US Equities Realty during a viewing of a full scale mock-up of the LED component of Crown Fountain at BARCO’s Logan, Utah offices. BARCO, a global technology...
14. Crown Fountain, granite tiles and south tower, April 1, 2004 Crown Fountain, granite tiles and south tower, April 1, 2004 Pedestals; Tiles; Pipes (Conduits); Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Concrete; Trees; Automobiles; Lighting; Looking south toward newly installed granite tiles. The south tower's LED lights are on. The Art Institute of Chicago and the Michigan Avenue street wall are visible in the background.
15. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, ca. May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, ca. May 13, 2002 Alleys; Architects' offices; Project members meet in an alley in downtown Chicago to look at the LED screens behind various glass brick samples. Left to right, Mark Sexton of Krueck + Sexton, architects; Alan Schachtman of US Equities...
16. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Alleys; Glass blocks; Lighting; Architects' offices; Testing the LED display through different glass blocks in an alley in Chicago. One of the most important aspects of Crown Fountain that the project team worked on was the clarity of the images projected...
17. Crown Fountain, north tower, fountain preview, June 29, 2004 Crown Fountain, north tower, fountain preview, June 29, 2004 Fountains; Lighting; Looking toward the north tower. An image of nature is visible on the tower's LED screen.
18. Crown Fountain, south tower, fountain preview, July 13, 2004 Crown Fountain, south tower, fountain preview, July 13, 2004 Fountains; Lighting; Faces; Children; Reflecting pools; Reflections; Children play in the reflecting pool as water sprays from the gargoyle nozzle of the north tower during a preview of the fountain three days before the official opening of Millennium Park.
19. 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; Close-up view of a glass brick panel mock-up at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida, created to test a possible steel support structure for the tower walls of Crown Fountain....
20. 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; Tents; Automobiles; Trees; Parking lots; A forklift is used to move a glass brick panel at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida.
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