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1.	Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, looking north, October 15, 2002	Lawns; Peristyles; Construction; Construction workers; Buildings;	Looking north at the nearly completed Millennium Monument. Buildings along Randolph Street and Michigan Avenue are visible in the background.

2.	Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, banner, October 30, 2002	Peristyles; Columns; Fountains; Skyscrapers; Banners	Looking northwest at the peristyle on dedication night; a banner with the names of Millennium Park founders is illuminated. The monument is a modified replica of an original by Edward H. Bennett which...

3.	Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, ca. March 3, 2004	Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Scaffolding;	View from the south of the sculpture's structural steel in one-point perspective. The 110-ton sculpture sits atop a load-bearing wall which separates the Park Grill café from an underground parking garage....

4.	Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, ca. March 3, 2004	Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Scaffolding;	View from the south of the sculpture's structural steel in one-point perspective. The 110-ton sculpture sits atop a load-bearing wall which separates the Park Grill café from an underground parking garage....

5.	Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, ca. March 3, 2004	Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Scaffolding;	Looking northeast at the structural steel and base of the sculpture. The "headdress" of the Pritzker Pavilion, still under construction, is visible in the background.

6.	Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, ca. March 3, 2004	Structural systems; Steel; Trusses; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers;	Looking southwest at the structural steel and base of the sculpture.

7.	Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, ca. March 3, 2004	Structural systems; Steel; Trusses; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers;	Looking southwest at the structural steel and base of the sculpture.

8.	Cloud Gate, SBC Plaza, March 4, 2004	Concrete; I-beams; Construction workers; Bolts & nuts; Nails & spikes;	Close-up view of an I-beam and rebar below the base of the sculpture.

9.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Stairways; Skyscrapers;	Looking northwest toward the partially completed sculpture.

10.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Construction equipment; Construction workers; Skyscrapers;	Looking northwest toward the partially completed sculpture.

11.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Construction workers; Ladders; Barrels; Dollies (Moving equipment); Skyscrapers;	Looking northwest toward the partially completed sculpture.

12.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Construction workers; Steel; Trusses;	A worker climbs along the supporting steel of the partially completed sculpture while attaching steel plates. The tension of the cables and springs was adjusted constantly as construction continued to...

13.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Skyscrapers;	Rigging and cables attach steel plates to the supporting steel of the partially built sculpture.

14.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Hoisting machinery;	Looking east toward two idle lifts in front of the partially assembled sculpture.

15.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Steel; Trusses; Construction workers; Dollies (Moving equipment); Structural frames; Hoisting machinery;	Workers guide a steel plate as it is lifted from its cradle by a crane at SBC Plaza. Pritzker Pavilion is visible in the background.

16.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Steel; Dollies (Moving equipment); Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Construction equipment;	Workers guide a steel plate as it is lifted from its cradle by a crane at SBC Plaza. The trellis of Pritzker Pavilion is visible in the background.

17.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, April 1, 2004	Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Dollies (Moving equipment);	A pole is looped through the back of a steel plate, and used to maneuver the plate into place.

18.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, cables and rigging, April 1, 2004	Steel; Trusses;	Close-up view of the rigging and cables attaching the steel plates to the structural steel of the sculpture.

19.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, cables and rigging, April 1, 2004	Steel; Trusses;	Close-up view of the rigging and cables attaching the steel plates to the structural steel of the sculpture.

20.	Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, April 1, 2004	Steel; Reflections;	Close-up view of the sculpture's omphalos.

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