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21. Crown Fountain, installation of granite tiles, March 18, 2004 Crown Fountain, installation of granite tiles, March 18, 2004 Pedestals; Pipes (Conduits); Tiles; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Concrete; Trees; Trailers; Looking north toward granite tiles and exposed pipes at the base of the north tower during the construction of Crown Fountain. Horseshoe shims act as temporary spacers keeping the tiles separated during...
22. Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Parking garages; Automobiles; Demolition; Demolition inside a fenced off area beneath Crown Fountain in the underground parking garage. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of...
23. Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 25, 2003 Parking garages; Automobiles; Demolition; Demolition inside a fenced off area beneath Crown Fountain in the underground parking garage. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of...
24. Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, underground parking garage, September 30, 2003 Parking garages; Automobiles; Demolition; Demolition inside a fenced off area beneath Crown Fountain in the underground parking garage. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of...
25. Crown Fountain, construction of underground control rooms, October 6, 2003 Crown Fountain, construction of underground control rooms, October 6, 2003 Parking garages; Girders; Automobiles An area of the parking garage below Crown Fountain during construction. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of the floor had to be...
26. Crown Fountain, construction of underground control rooms, October 6, 2003 Crown Fountain, construction of underground control rooms, October 6, 2003 Parking garages; Girders; Automobiles; An area of the parking garage below Crown Fountain during construction. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of the floor had to be...
27. Crown Fountain, construction of underground control rooms, October 6, 2003 Crown Fountain, construction of underground control rooms, October 6, 2003 Parking garages; Girders; Automobiles; An area of the parking garage below Crown Fountain during construction. The electrical service feeding the Fountain required twice the height of one floor of the garage, so part of the floor had to be...
28. Crown Fountain, dentist chair, video production, July 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, dentist chair, video production, July 30, 2003 Motion picture studios; Stuffed animals (Toys); The dentist’s chair that Chicagoans sat in to be filmed while making Crown Fountain’s videos.

The camera that was used to film the subjects was a high definition camcorder, the same kind...
29. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, partially-built cantilever, ca. January 9, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, partially-built cantilever, ca. January 9, 2003 Cantilever construction; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Concrete; Skyscrapers; Looking northeast toward the construction site and the partially-built cantilever, which provides support for the headdress. The nature of the design demanded that the structural steel had to be perfectly...
30. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installation of structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installation of structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003 Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Hoisting machinery; Flowers; Traffic signs & signals; Streets; Skyscrapers; Lampposts; Looking east, the partially-built headdress is in profile as a crane lifts structural steel into place. The distance the headdress, or proscenium, extends from the stage provides a cover for most of the...
31. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, construction of Great Lawn, October 17, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, construction of Great Lawn, October 17, 2003 Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment Workers add layers of green roofing material to the future site of the Great Lawn. Built atop two stories of parking garages and railroad tracks, Millennium Park is one of the largest intensive green roofs...
32. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, construction of Great Lawn, October 17, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, construction of Great Lawn, October 17, 2003 Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Construction equipment With the trellis in place, workers begin constructing the Great Lawn. Built atop two stories of parking garages and railroad tracks, Millennium Park, at 24 ½ acres, is one of the largest green roofs in...
33. BP Bridge, rebar, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 BP Bridge, rebar, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 Construction workers; Wheelbarrows; Skyscrapers; A view of the eastern approach ramp of the BP Bridge in Daley Bicentennial Plaza.
Like most of Millennium Park, the BP Bridge is built upon an underground parking garage and this presented construction...
34. BP Bridge, marking the path, May 9, 2003 BP Bridge, marking the path, May 9, 2003 Parks; Trees; Trucks; Skyscrapers; Wooden stakes in Daley Bicentennial Plaza mark the projected path of architect Frank Gehry’s BP Pedestrian Bridge.
Early designs show the Bridge crossing Columbus Drive in more of a “Z” shape,...
35. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Girders; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Streets; Skyscrapers; On November 22, 2003, Columbus Drive was shut down to traffic in both directions for 12 hours to allow the Bridge’s spans over Columbus Drive to be put into place. Three box girders were hoisted into...
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