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201. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Plazas; Reflections; Stairways; Construction equipment; Trees; Looking south toward Cloud Gate. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the sculpture's reflection. Formally, Kapoor’s works are rooted in minimalism, but they have an enigmatic quality that creates...

202. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 15, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 15, 2004 Public sculpture; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Looking south toward Cloud Gate. The Michigan Avenue street wall is visible in the sculpture's reflection.

203. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, view from above, July 16, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, view from above, July 16, 2004 Plazas; Crowds; Public sculpture; Parks; Trees; Reflections; Skyscrapers; View from above of Cloud Gate during opening weekend. It was estimated that about 300,000 people visited Millennium Park during its opening weekend, July 16-18, 2004. In the years leading up to the Park's...

204. 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.

205. 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,...

206. 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...

207. 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.

208. Cloud Gate, sander, May 25, 2005 Cloud Gate, sander, May 25, 2005 Equipment Once the seams had been ground, the sculpture's surface was treated with a 15 pound air-driven belt sander (sometimes referred to as a road grader), pictured here. All of the tools used in grinding and...

209. 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.
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