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1. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Skyscrapers; A few plates have been attached to the omphalos.

2. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Skyscrapers; A few plates have been attached to the omphalos. The "headdress" of Pritzker Pavilion is visible in the background.

3. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Skyscrapers; A few plates have been attached to the omphalos. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the background.

4. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, March 25, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Skyscrapers; A few plates have been attached to the omphalos. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the background.

5. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, omphalos, ca. August 8, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Reflections; A second plate has been attached to the omphalos during the trial assembly of the sculpture in Oakland, California.

6. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 4, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Ladders; Scaffolding; A worker beneath the omphalos of the sculpture.

7. Cloud Gate, fabrication, August 6, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, August 6, 2003 Steel; Industrial facilities; Hoses; Employees; Reflections; A worker sprays the surface of the omphalos.

8. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, Anish Kapoor's visit, May 10, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, Anish Kapoor's visit, May 10, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Reflections; Artist Anish Kapoor (left) climbs onto scaffolding beneath the omphalos of the sculpture.

9. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, Anish Kapoor's visit, May 10, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, Anish Kapoor's visit, May 10, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Reflections; Artist Anish Kapoor (left) stands atop scaffolding beneath the omphalos of the sculpture.

10. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, Anish Kapoor's visit, May 10, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, Anish Kapoor's visit, May 10, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Reflections; Artist Anish Kapoor (left) stands atop scaffolding beneath the omphalos of the sculpture.

11. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 2, 2004 Steel; Reflections; Close-up view of the omphalos, the first plate to go up onto the structural steel.

12. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Trusses; Steel; Industrial facilities; Cityscapes; Close-up view of the reverse side of the omphalos, or "belly button," of the sculpture, with the Oakland, California skyline in the background.

13. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Structural systems; Trusses; Close-up view of the reverse side of the omphalos, or "belly button," of the sculpture.

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

15. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Steel; Industrial facilities; Machine shops; Structural frames; Ethan Silva of Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) on the left, posing next to the omphalos of the sculpture at PSI in Oakland, California.

16. Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Grinding; Grinding machines; Dollies (Moving equipment); Steel; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Grinding the surface of the sculpture's omphalos.

17. Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, grinding the omphalos, December 17, 2002 Grinding; Grinding machines; Steel; Structural frames; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Grinding the surface of the sculpture's omphalos.

18. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 4, 2004 Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Restaurants; Pickup trucks; Trees; Looking east at the Park Grill restaurant and the partially built sculpture above.

19. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 4, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, March 4, 2004 Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Restaurants; Pickup trucks; Trees; Looking east at the Park Grill restaurant and the partially built sculpture above.

20. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, omphalos, ca. March 3, 2004 Restaurants; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Steel; Trucks; Hoisting machinery; Looking east toward the Park Grill restaurant; the omphalos of the sculpture is visible on the restaurant's roof.
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