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121. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, ca. July 1, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, ca. July 1, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Parks; Workers securing the steel and aluminum panels to the structural steel provide a reference to the scale of some of these pieces. The panels ranged from 6 square feet to a staggering 300 square feet.
122. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, July 1, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, July 1, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Construction workers; Steel and aluminum panels are added to the underside of the headdress. The headdress, or proscenium, reaches a height of 120 feet above the stage and is an important part of the overall acoustical plan...
123. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, June 17, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, June 17, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Looking north at the western-most edge of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion’s headdress, showing steel and aluminum panels onto which the final stainless steel plates were attached. Workers used lifts to reach...
124. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, November 12, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing steel panels, November 12, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Looking north toward the Jay Pritzker Pavilion as the steel and aluminum panels were being installed onto the headdress. In the foreground, the site of the Great Lawn is visible, as is the overhead trellis...
125. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing structural steel for the headdress, May 13, 2003 Cantilever construction; Hoisting machinery; View from below of structural steel for the headdress being installed. Great skill was necessary to build the headdress: not only were there no straight lines to follow on from, but also because the builders...
126. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing the stage floor, ca. March 22, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, installing the stage floor, ca. March 22, 2004 Stages (Platforms); Construction workers; Floors; Finishing the stage and choral terrace of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is around 100 feet across and the choral terrace can accommodate a choir of up to 150 performers....
127. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, lighting system, trellis, May 27, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, lighting system, trellis, May 27, 2004 A close-up view of the lighting system attached to parts of the trellis closest to the stage. In addition to supporting the Jay Pritzker Pavilion’s sound system for the Great Lawn the trellis also holds...
128. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, lights and speakers, May 27, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, lights and speakers, May 27, 2004 Cantilever construction; A view showing where the trellis connects with the headdress of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Taken around six weeks before Millennium Park opened to the public, this photograph shows where the trellis and...
129. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, model with BP Bridge, ca. 1999 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, model with BP Bridge, ca. 1999 Architectural models; A side view of Frank Gehry’s architectural model for the Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion and the B.P. Pedestrian Bridge. The B.P Bridge was designed after the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and complements it well....
130. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, model, ca. 1999 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, model, ca. 1999 Architectural models; An oblique view of Frank Gehry’s architectural model for the Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion in Millennium Park. Gehry produced several models with alternate designs. The most elaborate model, shown here,...
131. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, newly installed steel panels, May 13, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, newly installed steel panels, May 13, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Scaffolding; Looking northwest toward the newly installed steel and aluminum panels on the west side of the headdress. Once these steel and aluminum panels were installed onto the yellow back up structure, the final...
132. 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...
133. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, stage with glass doors, March 4, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, stage with glass doors, March 4, 2004 Scaffolding; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Ceilings; Ladders; Stages (Platforms); Finishing the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Always with an eye to the quality of the sound, architect Frank Gehry designed the stage to enhance the acoustics for the performers without sacrificing...
134. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, stage, June 30, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, stage, June 30, 2004 Stages (Platforms); Chairs; Music stands; The finished stage and choral terrace of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. With two weeks until the official opening of Millennium Park, the stage and choral terrace of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is complete....
135. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Skyscrapers; Concrete; Cantilever construction; Looking northeast toward the construction site as the steel skeleton of the Pavilion takes shape. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion shares some common space with its neighbor to the north, the Joan W. and Irving...
136. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, steel skeleton, ca. August 26, 2002 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; I-beams; Skyscrapers; View from below of the steel I-beams forming the skeletal structure of the Pavilion’s roof. In designing the stage area, Frank Gehry took great care to ensure that the sense of intimacy enjoyed by those...
137. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel and formwork, ca. July 17, 2002 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel and formwork, ca. July 17, 2002 Concrete; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; Looking northeast toward the construction site of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion as structural steel was erected and formwork was put in place prior to concrete being poured. Buildings along Randolph Street...
138. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, August 10, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, August 10, 2003 Skyscrapers; Streets; Trees; Looking west through the headdress’s structural steel along Washington Street during construction. In addition to being the Pavilion’s signature decorative element, the headdress, or proscenium was...
139. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, May 29, 2003 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, structural steel for the headdress, May 29, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Construction workers; Looking north toward the Pavilion where the structural steel for the headdress is being installed. Many times during construction there were as many as four or five large cranes on site, plus 18 aerial...
140. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, trellis with speakers, June 30, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, trellis with speakers, June 30, 2004 Lawns; Skyscrapers; Trees; Hoisting machinery; Cantilever construction; Looking northwest from the back of the Great Lawn toward the stage and headdress of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. With a little over two weeks left before Millennium Park opened to the public this photograph...
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