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1. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 Grinding; Equipment A 4 1/2 inch grinder used to smooth out seams where the sculpture's steel plates had been welded together.
2. 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...
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, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, ca. April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, ca. April 21, 2003 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities; Structural systems; A crane lifts one of the structural steel rings of the sculpture off of a pallet in Oakland, California. The structural steel was fabricated by Advanced Building and Metal Fabrication in Chico, California,...
5. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, March 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, March 2, 2004 Hoisting machinery; Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Skyscrapers; A crane tilts at a precarious angle during the construction of the sculpture's structural steel in Chicago.
6. Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, crane, March 2, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly in Chicago, structural steel, crane, March 2, 2004 Hoisting machinery; Structural systems; Trusses; Steel; Skyscrapers; A crane tilts at a precarious angle during the construction of the sculpture's structural steel in Chicago.
7. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, ca. July 16, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, ca. July 16, 2004 Public sculpture; Crowds; Reflections; Stairways; Plazas; A crowd of people interact with Cloud Gate during Millennium Park's opening weekend. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the background.
8. Cloud Gate, transportation study, damaged tree, ca. August 21, 2002 Cloud Gate, transportation study, damaged tree, ca. August 21, 2002 Trees; Bark A damaged tree trunk. A plan was in place to photograph everything in the proposed path of the sculpture before the move, to document any damages resulting from the move. This is one of a series of photographs...
9. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 25, 2005 Equipment A double action disk sander was used to rub out fine scratches in the sculpture's surface.
10. 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...
11. Cloud Gate, fabrication, sub-frame grid, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, sub-frame grid, April 22, 2003 Structural frames; Dollies (Moving equipment); Industrial facilities; A section of the steel sub-frame during fabrication. The sections of the sub-frame were attached directly to the back of each of the curved plates that would form the mirror-like "skin" of the sculpture....
12. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, top of peristyle under construction, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, top of peristyle under construction, July 22, 2002 Peristyles; Scaffolding; Construction equipment; Skyscrapers; A view of the top of the peristyle under construction showing construction tools and marks of notation. The bas-relief sculpture of the Rock of Gibraltar by Alfonso Iannelli on the west wall of One Prudential...
13. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Grinding; Tents; Reflections; Marks (Symbols); A worker grinds the sculpture using a platen sander (a.k.a an air-driven ten pound belt sander). After being ground with 40-grit sandpaper disks, the road grader was applied to the sculpture's surface,...
14. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Ladders; Reflections; Plywood; A worker refines the surface of the sculpture using a double action disk sander, rubbing out the fine scratches left from the platen sander. The official dedication ceremony for Cloud Gate occurred May...
15. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 10, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 10, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Tents; Construction workers; Reflections; A worker's face is visible between steel plates on the partially completed sculpture.
16. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 10, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 10, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Construction workers; Reflections; A worker's face is visible between steel plates on the partially completed sculpture.
17. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, steel plate, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, steel plate, September 18, 2003 Steel; Dollies (Moving equipment); Hoisting machinery; Structural systems; Structural frames; An individual steel plate atop a cradle before its attachment to the structural steel during a trial assembly at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. PSI developed a procedure in...
18. 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.
19. 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; Tents; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Ladders; Wood blocks; Artist Anish Kapoor (left) inspects the partially completed sculpture.
20. 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; Tents; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Wood blocks; Artist Anish Kapoor (left) inspects the partially completed sculpture.
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