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1. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, workers attaching the cornice atop the frieze, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, workers attaching the cornice atop the frieze, July 22, 2002 Construction workers; Cornices; Friezes (Entablature components); Scaffolding; Workers guiding a limestone slab into place at the back of the peristyle.
2. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature, July 22, 2002 Entablatures; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Construction; Workers attaching pieces of limestone entablature to the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library, is visible in the background.
3. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature under construction, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature under construction, July 22, 2002 Friezes (Entablature components); Construction workers; Construction; Construction equipment; Pails; The top of the frieze of Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square during construction, showing some of the support structure beneath the limestone.
4. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, detail of top of cornice under construction, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, detail of top of cornice under construction, July 22, 2002 Cornices; Scaffolding; Wire; The metal fixtures used for holding the limestone blocks in place at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square.
5. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, looking south, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, looking south, July 22, 2002 Construction; Construction equipment; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Taken from above, this view to the south shows the limestone slabs before they are attached to the peristyle, and the base of the crane used to lift them.
6. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, limestone blocks, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, limestone blocks, July 22, 2002 Peristyles; Construction; Individual blocks of limestone prior to their attachment to the peristyle.
7. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, column, ca. March 14, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, column, ca. March 14, 2002 Columns; Scaffolding; Close-up of a column and scaffolding at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. Each column is made up of five 2200 pound segments carved from 300 million year old limestone from the quarries of northwest...
8. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, limestone block, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, limestone block, July 22, 2002 Entablatures; Peristyles; An individual limestone block prior to its attachment to the peristyle. This block will become part of the entablature of the peristyle, and shows egg-and-dart moulding and dentils.
9. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, limestone block, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, limestone block, July 22, 2002 Peristyles; An individual limestone block prior to its attachment to the peristyle.
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