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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, welding, August 8, 2003 Welding; Steel; Machine shops; Industrial facilities; Welding in the fabrication shop at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI). Some of the smaller plates were seam welded together prior to their shipment from Oakland to Chicago.

5. 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; Plywood; Ladders; Scaffolding; Artist Anish Kapoor inspects the partially completed sculpture. Prior to Cloud Gate, London-based Kapoor had completed three permanent outdoor sculptures in Canada, Japan and England.

6. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, May 27, 2004 Steel; Plywood; Welding; Ladders; Ropes; Marks (Symbols); Concrete; Steel plates on the sculpture are welded together. A tack-welding process was used prior to the Park's opening; permanent seam-welding was completed in 2005.

7. Crown Fountain, glass brick panels, April 15, 2004 Crown Fountain, glass brick panels, April 15, 2004 Glass blocks; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Tiles; Construction workers; Trees; Pails; Glass brick panels on site prior to their installation on the towers of Crown Fountain.

8. Crown Fountain, glass brick panels, April 15, 2004 Crown Fountain, glass brick panels, April 15, 2004 Glass blocks; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Tiles; Trees; Pails; Glass brick panels on site prior to their installation on the towers of Crown Fountain.

9. Crown Fountain, corner bricks, May 19, 2004 Crown Fountain, corner bricks, May 19, 2004 Glass blocks; Crates; Close-up view of corner bricks in a crate prior to their installation onto the towers of Cloud Gate.

10. Crown Fountain, corner bricks, May 19, 2004 Crown Fountain, corner bricks, May 19, 2004 Glass blocks; Crates; Close-up view of corner bricks in a crate prior to their installation onto the towers of Cloud Gate.

11. Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Trees; Tiles; Glass blocks; Steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's north tower.

12. Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Structural systems; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Lighting; Tiles; Construction workers; Trees; Skyscrapers; Steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's north tower.

13. Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Structural systems; Faces; Lighting; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Crates; Trailers; Trees; Skyscrapers; Steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's north tower. Buildings along East Randolph Street are visible in the background.

14. Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Structural systems; Construction workers; Lighting; Pails; Mouths; Hoisting machinery; Trees; Skyscrapers; Steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's north tower. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower is visible in the background.

15. Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Faces; Lighting; Trailers; Trees; Skyscrapers; Steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's north tower. The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library and the Smurfit-Stone Building are visible in the...

16. Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of north tower, May 20, 2004 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Faces; Lighting; Trailers; Trees; Skyscrapers; Steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's north tower. The Carbide and Carbon Building is visible in the background.

17. Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Business people; Crates; Trees; Skyscrapers; Roark Frankel (left) and Paul Wojdyla (center) of U.S. Equities Realty, accompanied by a visitor from U.S. Equities Realty's Argentina location, look on as steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation...

18. Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Structural systems; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Trees; Pails; A piece of steel is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop Crown Fountain's south tower. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the background.

19. Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Structural systems; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Close-up view of a piece of steel as it is hoisted from above prior to its installation atop the south tower.

20. Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Crown Fountain, construction of south tower, May 27, 2004 Structural systems; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Crates; Trees; Workers make adjustments to a piece of steel just prior to its installation atop the south tower of Crown Fountain.
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