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1. BP Bridge, installing the shingles, March 22, 2004 BP Bridge, installing the shingles, March 22, 2004 Construction workers; Ladders; Less than four months before the opening of Millennium Park, workers continue to install the stainless steel shingles, or “scales” onto the paneling over the subframe of the Bridge. Protected by a...
2. 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,...
3. Cloud Gate, computer rendering of proposed sculpture, ca. 1999 Cloud Gate, computer rendering of proposed sculpture, ca. 1999 Public sculpture; Reflections; Computer graphics; A computer rendering shows the scale of the proposed sculpture by Anish Kapoor. Cloud Gate is a massive 110-ton, 66 feet long by 33 feet high, stainless steel sculpture at Chicago's Millennium Park that...
4. Cloud Gate, computer rendering of proposed sculpture, ca. 1999 Cloud Gate, computer rendering of proposed sculpture, ca. 1999 Public sculpture; Reflections; Computer graphics; A computer rendering shows the scale of the proposed sculpture by Anish Kapoor. Cloud Gate is a massive 110-ton, 66 feet long by 33 feet high, stainless steel sculpture at Chicago's Millennium Park that...
5. Cloud Gate, fabrication, baseball glove sculpture, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, baseball glove sculpture, December 17, 2002 Photographs; Sculpture; Machinery; A photograph of a photograph showing the baseball glove sculpture at Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. The vintage baseball glove sculpture is 26 feet high, and sits in the fan...
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, offices, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, offices, December 17, 2002 Models; Photograph albums; Photographs; Pine cones; Desks; A model of the 26 feet high sculpture of a vintage baseball glove that sits in the fan lot of AT&T Park in San Francisco, home of the San Francisco Giants. A photograph within the photograph shows the...
8. Cloud Gate, grinding, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, grinding, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Ladders; Marks (Symbols); A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander). In addition to grinding and polishing the seams where the plates were welded, a two to three feet wide area...
9. Cloud Gate, transportation study, cleat, ca. August 21, 2002 Cloud Gate, transportation study, cleat, ca. August 21, 2002 Piers & wharves; Harbors; Close-up of view of a cleat on the sheet pile dock wall at the Queen's Landing at Monroe Harbor in Chicago. Project engineer Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. did a structural analysis of the sheet...
10. Cloud Gate, transportation study, Lake Michigan, Lake Shore Drive, ca. August 21, 2002 Cloud Gate, transportation study, Lake Michigan, Lake Shore Drive, ca. August 21, 2002 Streets; Harbors; Street lights; Traffic signs & signals; Sailboats; Sidewalks; Looking east across Lake Shore Drive toward the Queen’s Landing at Monroe Harbor in Chicago. The original plan was for the sculpture (named Cloud Gate in 2004) to be fully assembled and shipped from...
11. Crown Fountain, architectural model, ca. October 4, 2002 Crown Fountain, architectural model, ca. October 4, 2002 Architectural models; Structural systems; Fountains; A model of one of Crown Fountain’s towers, showing the internal structure. Each tower is 50 feet tall, with a rectangular footprint of 23 feet by 16 feet. Inside each tower is a basic structure with...
12. 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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13. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. November 14, 2003 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. November 14, 2003 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; A stack of steel grids fabricated by Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida, before glass bricks were added. Circle Redmont fabricated 5 feet-by-16 feet and 5 feet-by-23 feet stainless steel grids...
14. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 15, 2003 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 15, 2003 Industrial facilities; Warehouses; Shelving; Chief Operations Officer Kevin Sandor (left) and Jeff Barrett of Circle Redmont Inc. in a warehouse at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida, where panels for the tower walls of...
15. Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 31, 2003 Crown Fountain, assembly in Melbourne, Florida, ca. October 31, 2003 Industrial facilities; Structural frames; A steel grid fabricated by Circle Redmont Inc., in Melbourne, Florida, before glass bricks were inserted into the openings. Circle Redmont fabricated 5 feet-by-16 feet and 5 feet-by-23 feet stainless steel...
16. Crown Fountain, early site test, May 18, 2001 Crown Fountain, early site test, May 18, 2001 Mock-ups; Structural frames; Trees; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment;Dirt; Looking northwest toward an on-site mock-up showing the scale and impact of one tower. At 50 feet tall, there was controversy over the height of the towers; Art Institute of Chicago president James Wood...
17. Crown Fountain, excavation and construction of reservoir, September 25, 2003 Crown Fountain, excavation and construction of reservoir, September 25, 2003 Excavation; Construction workers; Retaining walls; Concrete; Concrete mixers; Trailers; Trees; Skyscrapers; Workmen are seen here pouring concrete into formwork for the retaining wall of Crown Fountain’s reservoir. The reflecting pool is 232 feet long by 48 feet wide and the reservoir below serves to gather...
18. Crown Fountain, fountain preview, walking on water, June 28, 2004 Crown Fountain, fountain preview, walking on water, June 28, 2004 Reflecting pools; Legs; Feet; Walking on the water of Crown Fountain's reflecting pool during a preview of Crown Fountain.
19. Crown Fountain, glass brick sample, April 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, glass brick sample, April 30, 2003 Glass blocks; Offices; Desks; Chairs; A corner brick sample viewed from three feet away. Other glass brick samples are visible in the background. The glass bricks were used with steel grids to create the exterior walls of the towers of Crown...
20. Crown Fountain, glass brick sample, April 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, glass brick sample, April 30, 2003 Glass blocks; Offices; Desks; Chairs; A corner brick sample viewed from three feet away. Other glass brick samples are visible in the background.
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