During winter 2016/17, Crown Fountain was enhanced with new projection technology, electrical, and plumbing upgrades. Krueck and Sexton Architects constructed the towers, and the fountain is located at the northeast corner of South Michigan Avenue and West Monroe Street. Water then sprays from their mouths out onto the platform where you'll often find children splashing and playing in summer. Each tower sports a video of 1,000 Chicagoans with their mouths open. Nestled within the peristyle is a fountain that faces a lawn, a popular wedding venue.ĭesigned by artist Jaume Plensa, the space includes two fifty-foot glass tower fountains at each end of a black granite reflecting pool. The names of 120 Millennium Park donors are engraved on the Founder Wall, which was enhanced with new color-changing LED lights in the spring of 2017. The largest feature of the square, Millennium Monument, is a peristyle designed by OWP/P Inc.-it's a reproduction of one that was originally part of Grant Park in this spot between 19. Company, which donated $5 million toward its construction.
Located at North Michigan Avenue and East Randolph Street. It is 66 feet long and 33 feet high-tall enough for visitors to easily stand beneath it.
Composed of 168 stainless steel plates with invisible welds, it weighs 110 tons. It is affectionately called "the bean" by visitors because of its kidney bean shape. Designed by Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate is a favorite art piece due to its unique reflective quality. This beautiful piece of art is located in Cloud Gate Plaza. You can sit in one of the 4,000 fixed seats in the seating bowl, or you can relax with 7,000 other people on the great lawn. It's dominated by a large open steel structure called a proscenium arch. The Pavilion, also designed by Frank Gehry, is the home of the Grant Park Music Festival each year. It spans Columbus Drive and connects Millennium Park with the Maggie Daley Park.Īccording to the Chicago Tribune, the bridge materials used in construction include 2,000 rot-resistant Brazilian hardwood boards for the deck, 115,000 stainless-steel screws and 9,800 stainless-steel shingle plates.īP donated $5 million dollars towards its construction. This bridge was designed by Frank Gehry and opened in July of 2004, along with the rest of the park. $240 million from private funds were used for the construction of all public artistic and architectural elements, while $270 million from public funds were used for the construction of the parking garage and supporting infrastructure. In the end, the park cost over $510 million as a cooperative effort between private donors and taxpayers. It took some creative fundraising and financing to make the park a reality. Some of the infrastructure needed rebuilding, and the plan changed over time as donors gave their input for specific projects. Wealthy Chicagoans donated funds, but costs overran donations. As with every project, this one had its hurdles. The Lakefront Millennium Project was approved on May 14, 1998. Bryan formed Millennium Park Foundation, a nonprofit partner in the funding, construction, and curation of the project. Bryan, to help him raise money to build the park. He thought to himself: this should be a park!ĭaley contacted a local philanthropist, John H. Daley, was at his dentist’s office when he looked out the window and saw an eyesore: unused bus lanes, a rail yard, and a barely used parking lot.
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