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1. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, cornice, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, cornice, July 22, 2002 Cornices; Scaffolding; Close-up of the underside of the cornice of the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. The Y-shaped symbol in the corner of the cornice is the Chicago municipal device, a motif that is visible in architecture...
2. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, entablature, July 22, 2002 Entablatures; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Construction; Workers attaching pieces of limestone entablature to the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library, is visible in the background.
3. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, looking south, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, looking south, July 22, 2002 Construction; Construction equipment; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Taken from above, this view to the south shows the limestone slabs before they are attached to the peristyle, and the base of the crane used to lift them.
4. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, peristyle and scaffolding, July 22, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, peristyle and scaffolding, July 22, 2002 Scaffolding; Peristyles; Columns; Construction workers; Construction; Looking northwest at the peristyle and scaffolding during the construction of Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square.
5. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, fountain and peristyle under construction, ca. October 1, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, fountain and peristyle under construction, ca. October 1, 2002 Peristyles; Construction; Construction equipment; Construction workers; Looking north at Wrigley Square during an early stage of the construction of the fountain. The peristyle is almost complete.
6. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, fountain under construction, October 15, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, fountain under construction, October 15, 2002 Peristyles; Fountains; Construction; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Looking northwest at the nearly completed fountain and peristyle.
7. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, October 15, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, October 15, 2002 Columns; Entablatures; Peristyles; Towers; Looking up at the columns and entablature of the peristyle from the ramp side. The top of Willoughby Tower on Michigan Avenue is visible in the background.
8. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, October 30, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, October 30, 2002 Peristyles; Lawns; Skyscrapers; Dedications; Walkways; Looking north at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, where people are beginning to gather for the dedication. Visible in the background are the Carbide & Carbon Building, Millennium Park Plaza,...
9. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, close-up of nozzle on fountain, October 30, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, close-up of nozzle on fountain, October 30, 2002 Fountains; Banners; Reflections; Peristyles; Close-up of the nozzle on the fountain at the Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square. The nozzle was redesigned at the request of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation and is a replica of a finial on the...
10. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, John Bryan, William Wrigley, Jr., and Richard M. Daley, Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, John Bryan, William Wrigley, Jr., and Richard M. Daley, October 30, 2002 Peristyles; Fountains; Dedications; Banners; John Bryan, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Millennium Park, Inc., William Wrigley, Jr., the CEO and president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company from 1999-2006, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley...
11. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, close-up of nozzle spraying water, October 30, 2002 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, dedication, close-up of nozzle spraying water, October 30, 2002 Fountains; Banners; Peristyles; Dedications; Close-up of nozzle on fountain spraying water. The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library, is visible in the background.
12. Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, peristyle in winter, ca. 2003 Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square, peristyle in winter, ca. 2003 Peristyles; Walls; Snow; Millennium Monument at Wrigley Square in winter.
13. 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...
14. Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, December 17, 2002 Machinery; Steel; Industrial facilities; Machine shops A steel plate beneath a precision measuring device called a Faro arm. A Faro arm is an automated scanning device that checks measurements against computer models and calculates whether they are within...
15. 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...
16. Cloud Gate, fabrication, model of Cloud Gate, December 17, 2002 Cloud Gate, fabrication, model of Cloud Gate, December 17, 2002 Models; Dolls Close-up view of a foam model of Cloud Gate next to an E.T. doll. Several foam models were created by Performance Structures Inc. (PSI) to resolve slight differences in shape between the computer rendering...
17. Cloud Gate, fabrication, milling, April 21, 2003 Cloud Gate, fabrication, milling, April 21, 2003 Steel; Milling machines; Machine shops; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; A milling machine is used to remove excess material from a steel plate. In order for the steel plates forming the sculpture to fit together, the dimensions and curvature of each plate had to be exact to...
18. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, April 22, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, structural steel, April 22, 2003 Steel; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities; Structural systems; The structural steel of the sculpture (later named Cloud Gate) during a trial assembly at Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) in Oakland, California. During the trial fit-up, the base, interior structure,...
19. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, Ethan Silva in front of superstructure, ca. July 15, Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, Ethan Silva in front of superstructure, ca. July 15, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc., in front of the sculpture’s structural steel in Oakland, California. The mirror-like “skin” of Cloud Gate was designed to fit loosely around...
20. Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Cloud Gate, trial assembly in Oakland, California, September 18, 2003 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Structural frames; Industrial facilities; Hoisting machinery; The structural steel of the sculpture towers over a lone steel plate during a trial assembly at Performance Structures, Inc. in Oakland, California.
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