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21. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis and headdress, ca. October 17, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the trellis and headdress, ca. October 17, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Looking north toward the Jay Pritzker Pavilion as work continues on the headdress, the stage and the trellis. The trellis, which delivers the sound system to the audience on the Great Lawn, is comprised...
22. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, constructing the glass doors, ca. October 30, 2003 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...
23. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, June 17, 2003 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...
24. 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; A behind-the-scenes view of the inside of a mock-up of one of Crown Fountain’s towers showing the backs of the LED screens. The mock-up was erected to test a possible steel support structure for the...
25. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 20, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 20, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; A model showing how the “gargoyle” nozzle would look when installed in the glass brick façade of each tower with the LED panels behind it.
26. 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; Lighting; A close up view of an LED panel behind a mock-up of the glass brick wall. Each pixel is made up of five light emitting diodes, or LEDs, two red, two green and one blue, which can be manipulated into almost...
27. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. January 29, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. January 29, 2004 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; Glass blocks; Fans (Machinery); Pails; A glass brick panel fabricated and assembled by Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida. The panel is made up of a steel grid with glass bricks in each of the openings. The bricks were adhered to their...
28. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 24, 2004 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. March 24, 2004 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; Glass blocks; Fans (Machinery); Pails; Shelving; Once the glass bricks were made by L.E. Smith in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, they were sent to the offices of Circle Redmont, Inc., to be assembled into steel grids, shown here.

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29. Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, ca. February 21, 2004 Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, ca. February 21, 2004 Lawns; Snow; Trailers; Structural systems; Tents; Trees; Street lights; Lampposts; Pedestrians; Sidewalks; Streets; Aerial view of the construction site. The towers' structural steel is visible, and a weatherproof tent covers most of the site. Installation of all but the last LED tiles, to go behind each tower's gargoyle...
30. Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, March 10, 2004 Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, March 10, 2004 Lawns; Structural systems; Reservoirs; Pipes (Conduits); Construction equipment; Construction workers; Crates; Trees; Lampposts; Sidewalks; Streets; Automobiles; Aerial view of the site of Crown Fountain, under construction. In this photograph both towers have been constructed and the LED panels are in place. Work has begun on the reflecting, or skin, pool. The...
31. Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, ca. February 25, 2004 Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, ca. February 25, 2004 Lawns; Trailers; Structural systems; Construction equipment; Trees; Street lights; Lampposts; Pedestrians; Sidewalks; Streets; Automobiles; Railroads; Aerial view of the construction site. The towers' structural steel is visible and the weatherproof tent has been removed. Installation of all but the last LED tiles, to go behind each tower's gargoyle...
32. Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, ca. February 23, 2004 Crown Fountain, aerial view of construction site, ca. February 23, 2004 Lawns; Trailers; Structural systems; Tents; Construction equipment; Trees; Street lights; Lampposts; Pedestrians; Sidewalks; Streets; Railroads; Aerial view of the construction site. The towers' structural steel is visible, and a weatherproof tent covers most of the site. Installation of all but the last LED tiles, to go behind each tower's gargoyle...
33. 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...
34. Crown Fountain, dentist chair, video production, July 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, dentist chair, video production, July 30, 2003 Motion picture studios; Stuffed animals (Toys); The dentist’s chair that Chicagoans sat in to be filmed while making Crown Fountain’s videos.

The camera that was used to film the subjects was a high definition camcorder, the same kind...
35. Crown Fountain, video filming, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, video filming, May 20, 2004 Motion picture studios; Video recording; Clocks & watches; A member of the public is filmed for the Crown Fountain’s video bank. The faces that appear on Crown Fountain were filmed by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Over 1,000 people, from over 75...
36. Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Offices; Boxes; Office workers; Close-up view of an LED tile. In the finished fountain, each tower has a 24 feet-by-49 feet LED screen made up of more than 70 two feet-by-three feet Barco SLite 14 LED video display tiles.
37. Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Crown Fountain, LED tile, ca. November 12, 2003 Offices; Boxes; Office workers; Close-up view of an LED tile. In the finished fountain, each tower has a 24 feet-by-49 feet LED screen made up of more than 70 two feet-by-three feet Barco SLite 14 LED video display tiles.
38. BP Bridge, marking the path, May 9, 2003 BP Bridge, marking the path, May 9, 2003 Parks; Trees; Trucks; Skyscrapers; Wooden stakes in Daley Bicentennial Plaza mark the projected path of architect Frank Gehry’s BP Pedestrian Bridge.
Early designs show the Bridge crossing Columbus Drive in more of a “Z” shape,...
39. Crown Fountain, pedestal, May 27, 2004 Crown Fountain, pedestal, May 27, 2004 Pedestals; Tiles; Concrete; A close up of a screw-jack pedestal holding up two of the black, African tiles that form the surface of Crown Fountain’s reflecting pool. Great care was taken by workers when installing these tiles because...
40. Crown Fountain, lights, June 6, 2004 Crown Fountain, lights, June 6, 2004 Pedestals; Tiles; Pails; Glass blocks; Light fixtures; Close-up view of lights at the base of one of the towers. Each of the towers are surrounded by 60 submersible 500 watt halogen lights in two rows which skim the towers with white light after dark.
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