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21. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Plazas; Lampposts; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment; Wheelbarrows; Stairways; Looking northwest 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 was fully welded,...

22. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment; Plazas; Looking northwest 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 was fully welded,...

23. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Plazas; Looking west toward Cloud Gate. This photograph was taken less than a week before Millennium Park opened. The ongoing construction of SBC Plaza is visible in the sculpture's reflection. The sculpture was...

24. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Construction equipment; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Wheelbarrows; Plazas; Looking southwest toward Cloud Gate. This photograph was taken less than a week before Millennium Park opened, and SBC Plaza is still under construction. The sculpture was fully assembled by the end of...

25. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Trees; Skyscrapers; Lawns; Construction equipment; Reflections; Looking west toward Cloud Gate. This photograph was taken less than a week before Millennium Park opened. The construction of SBC Plaza is visible in the sculpture's reflection. The sculpture was fully...

26. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Fences; Trees; Lampposts; Flowers; Reflections; Construction equipment; Skyscrapers; Looking west toward Cloud Gate. This photograph was taken less than a week before Millennium Park opened. The construction of SBC Plaza is visible in the sculpture's reflection. The sculpture was fully...

27. Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Sketches; Fountains; An early sketch of Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa. The Crown Foundation agreed to fund a water feature at Millennium Park in December 1999 and invited 3 artists to submit proposals. The Crowns left the...

28. Crown Fountain, early site test, May 19, 2001 Crown Fountain, early site test, May 19, 2001 Trees; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment; Construction workers;Dirt; View of the north end of the site. The outline of the skin pool is marked out in tape along the ground. Buildings along the Michigan Avenue street wall and East Randolph Street are visible in the background....

29. 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.

30. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass industry; Molds (Shaping tools); A mold for casting the glass bricks at the L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. To obtain the clearest possible glass brick, the bricks were cast in these molds using a pressed-glass...

31. 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. L.E. Smith Glass Company, a pressed-glass fabricating...

32. 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. L.E. Smith Glass Company, a pressed-glass fabricating...

33. 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...

34. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, ca. July 1, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, ca. July 1, 2003 Skyscrapers; Streets; Lawns; Looking west through the headdress's structural steel and scaffolding toward Washington Street. The Ogilvie Transportation Center is visible at the end of Washington Street.

35. BP Bridge, outline in rebar, May 13, 2003 BP Bridge, outline in rebar, May 13, 2003 Skyscrapers; Trees; Trailers; The western approach ramp for the BP Bridge is outlined in rebar, or reinforcing bar, and was later cast in concrete.
While the shape of the Bridge was still being decided, architect Frank Gehry agreed...

36. BP Bridge, abutment, September 2, 2003 BP Bridge, abutment, September 2, 2003 Abutments; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Close-up view of a concrete abutment near one end of the Bridge's span.

37. BP Bridge, concrete abutment, October 17, 2003 BP Bridge, concrete abutment, October 17, 2003 Abutments; Close-up view of a concrete abutment near the end of the Bridge's span.

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. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Close-up view of one end of a box girder as it was being installed atop the concrete pier in the center of Columbus Drive. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed...

40. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Construction workers; Girders; Ladders; Skyscrapers; View of one end of a box girder as it was being installed atop the concrete pier in the center of Columbus Drive. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box...
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