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41. Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 5, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching steel plates, June 5, 2004 Steel; Trusses; Structural systems; Tents; Construction workers; Pails; Inside view of the partially completed sculpture showing the structure of iron trusses, cables and rigging, that temporarily held the steel plates in place while the sculpture was assembled. A worker is...
42. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Tents; I-beams; Flags; Reflections Workers guide the final steel plate into place on the sculpture as it is hoisted from above by a crane.
43. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Tents; Scaffolding; Workers guide the final steel plate into place on the sculpture as it is hoisted from above by a crane. Below, workers wait to adhere the plate to the sculpture from the inside.
44. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Tents; I-beams; Reflections Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc. (PSI) (top left), and artist Anish Kapoor (right) look on as workers guide the final steel plate into place on the sculpture. PSI fabricated the steel...
45. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Tents; I-beams; Flags; Reflections; Scaffolding; Close-up view of the last plate installed onto the sculpture.
46. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Champagne (Wine); Drinking vessels; Celebrations; Artist Anish Kapoor pours champagne for the crew, celebrating the installation of the final steel plate with a traditional "topping off" party. During the party, Kapoor named the sculpture "Cloud Gate,"...
47. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Scaffolding; Champagne (Wine); Toasting; Celebrations; Artist Anish Kapoor (left) toasts the crew as U.S. Equities Realty Chairman and CEO Robert Wislow looks on during the celebration of the installation of the final steel plate onto the sculpture. U.S. Equities...
48. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Steel; Scaffolding; Celebrations; Toasting; Drinking vessels; Ethan Silva, president of Performance Structures, Inc., (left) and artist Anish Kapoor (right), drink a toast following the installation of the final steel plate of Cloud Gate in Millennium Park. Reflecting...
49. Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Cloud Gate, attaching the final plate, June 28, 2004 Construction workers; Tents; Plywood; Photographs; Chairs; Celebrations; The crew that built Cloud Gate: in back row (left to right): Bob Truty, Paul Garcia, Dave Smith, Art Seroggin, Tony Krawczyk, Larry Truty, welder Matt Starzyk of MTH Industries, Bo Heidi, project manager...
50. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Reflections; Skyscrapers; Plazas; Looking west toward Cloud Gate. This photograph was taken less than a week before Millennium Park opened. The ongoing construction of SBC Plaza is visible in the sculpture's reflection. The sculpture was...
51. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Skyscrapers; Reflections; Construction equipment; Plazas; Looking southwest toward Cloud Gate and SBC Plaza four days before the park was opened to the public. Crown Fountain and the Michigan Avenue street wall are visible in the background. The surface of Cloud...
52. 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...
53. Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Cloud Gate, assembly complete, July 12, 2004 Public sculpture; Restaurants; Trees; Tents; Lampposts; Reflections; Looking southeast toward the Park Grill and Cloud Gate. The 110-ton sculpture sits atop a load-bearing wall which separates the Park Grill café from an underground parking garage. The lightning protection...
54. 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...
55. Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005 Steel; Grinding; Scaffolding; Ladders; Construction workers; Tents; Reflections; A worker grinds the surface of the sculpture using a 15 pound air-driven belt sander (sometimes referred to as a road grader). Workers wore respirators and polyethylene jumpsuits for protection while polishing...
56. 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,...
57. 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...
58. Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Crown Fountain, early Jaume Plensa sketchbook drawing, ca. 2000 Sketches; Fountains; An early sketch of Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa. The Crown Foundation agreed to fund a water feature at Millennium Park in December 1999 and invited 3 artists to submit proposals. The Crowns left the...
59. Crown Fountain, architectural model, ca. October 4, 2002 Crown Fountain, architectural model, ca. October 4, 2002 Architectural models; Structural systems; Fountains; A model of one of Crown Fountain’s towers, showing the internal structure. Each tower is 50 feet tall, with a rectangular footprint of 23 feet by 16 feet. Inside each tower is a basic structure with...
60. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Alleys; Glass blocks; Lighting; Architects' offices; Testing the LED display through different glass blocks in an alley in Chicago. One of the most important aspects of Crown Fountain that the project team worked on was the clarity of the images projected...
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