Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Buckingham Fountain by Edward H. Bennett in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Buckingham Fountain - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Chicago's landmark is considered one of America's finest fountains due to its Beaux-Arts-style landscape design, finely wrought bronze sculpture and innovative use of technology.
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- ... I also went to Grant Park (a small area of sculptures and strangely laid-out gardens) to check out the Buckingham Fountain and other little tourist hotspots ...
- ... From the Planetarium I walked back along the lakeside and marina to see the beautiful Buckingham fountain and also a very unusual sculpture in the south of the park area which has lots of headless giant people walking ...
- ... Just before I got to the concert grounds I walked by Buckingham Fountain and took a few pictures ...
- ... We started off at the public library for some free internet and then after a tasty bagel from across the street walked down to Buckingham fountain which shoots water 150ft into the air on the hour every hour ...
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- Ivor and Kate by the Buckingham fountain by Ivorandkate from a blog titled Hi from Chicago - USA
- Buckingham Fountain at Millennium Park by Cestlavie from a blog titled Chicagoland
- Panormic view of Buckingham fountain by Ivorandkate from a blog titled Hi from Chicago - USA
- Ross family at Buckingham Fountain by Saraishness from a blog titled Chicago Day 2
- Buckingham Fountain, Chicago by Shaneandsam from a blog titled Chicago
- Buckingham Fountain Chicago by Mikeandtrace from a blog titled Amtrak-king across the universe....to Chicago
- Buckingham Fountain by Tanyabolt from a blog titled The windy city
- Buckingham Fountain by Mattoliver from a blog titled The City of Windy Jazz
- Buckingham Fountain 1 by Silverfox41 from a blog titled Chicago
- Buckingham Fountain 2 by Silverfox41 from a blog titled Chicago
- Buckingham Fountain 2 by Nodirectionhome from a blog titled Chicago Blues Fest
- Buckingham Fountain by Nodirectionhome from a blog titled Chicago Blues Fest
- Buckingham Fountain by Doerty_die from a blog titled the windy city of chicago
- Buckingham fountain by Vicky864 from a blog titled the windy city!
- Buckingham Fountain by Dstean from a blog titled First diversion
- Buckingham fountain by Ivorandkate from a blog titled Hi from Chicago - USA
- Buckingham Fountain by Gerhard from a blog titled Chicago, the only real American City
- Buckingham Fountain by Mmbcross from a blog titled Jazz in the Park
- Buckingham Fountain by Gemma_doogal from a blog titled The Windy City
Buckingham Fountain Flower Gardens | Chicago Illinois | United States
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Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Park Grill, between the Chase Promenade and McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed The Bean because of its shape, a name Kapoor initially disliked, but later grew fond of. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons).
Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan. It operates from April to October, with regular water shows and evening color-light shows. During the winter, the fountain is decorated with festival lights.
Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area. Designed by Catalan artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton Architects, it opened in July 2004.[1][2] The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15.2 m) tall,[1] and they use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to display digital videos on their inward faces. Construction and design of the Crown Fountain cost $17 million.[3] The water operates from May to October,[4] intermittently cascading down the two towers and spouting through a nozzle on each tower's front face.
BP Bridge
The BP Pedestrian Bridge, or simply BP Bridge, is a girder footbridge in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It spans Columbus Drive to connect Maggie Daley Park (formerly, Daley Bicentennial Plaza) with Millennium Park, both parts of the larger Grant Park. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry and structurally engineered by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it opened along with the rest of Millennium Park on July 16, 2004.[1] Gehry had been courted by the city to design the bridge and the neighboring Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and eventually agreed to do so after the Pritzker family funded the Pavilion.
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Crown Fountain at Millennium Park by Crystal Fountains - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Standing watch over Millennium Park for over a decade, Crown Fountain has grown into one of Chicago’s most recognizable landmarks. Envisioned by Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa, Crown fountain is a unique blend of art piece, water feature and public space, helping attract over 5 million visitors annually to the city’s waterfront. We are proud to have acted as water feature consultants on this job and contributed to the creation of its custom gargoyle spout effects.
The fountain has truly become part of the surrounding community as both an interactive play destination and a representation of Chicago’s citizens, over 100 of whom have their faces prominently displayed on its 50 foot high LED screens. Crown Fountain’s longevity and popularity are a testament to what can be achieved with the proper vision, team, and hard work; and iconic project that will continue to have a lasting impact on a space for years to come.
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Crown Fountain at Millennium Park by Crystal Fountains - Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago is home to a number of architectural landmarks. In 2004 they unveiled their newest landmark, Millennium Park, a world-class artistic and architectural extravaganza just off the famed Magnficent Mile. The park has transformed unsightly railroad tracks and parking lots along prime lakefront into an architectural showcase. A collection of world-class artists, architects, planners, landscape artists and designers contributed to this unprecedented landmark. Crystal Fountains worked with the artist Jaume Plensa and full design team on the Crown Fountain taking interactive art, technology and water-shaping to new levels
The Buckingham Fountain - Chicago USA
Every evening, on the hour, in the Summer Chicago's famous fountain gives the sort of patriotic performance only Americans can do, whilst shoooting millions of gallons of water over a hundred feet into the night air backed up by a light show.
Buckingham Fountain at Night
This majestic and historic fountain, one of the largest in the world, is located at Columbus Drive (301 East) and Congress Parkway (500 South) in Grant Park, Chicago. At night it is lit in red so it looks like a pot of molten metal, a building on fire or perhaps a volcano.
Buckingham Fountain, Chicago IL
Buckingham Fountain is a spectacular fountain located in Grant Park, Chicago IL on the shore of Lake Michigan. One of the largest fountains in the world, it was dedicated in 1927 and inspired by Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles.
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Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and managed by MB Real Estate. The park was originally intended to celebrate the third millennium and is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (99,000 m2) section of northwestern Grant Park. The area was previously occupied by parkland, Illinois Central's rail yards, and parking lots. The park, which is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive, features a variety of public art. As of 2009, Millennium Park trailed only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction and by 2017 it had become the number one tourist attraction in the Midwestern United States. In 2015, the park became the location of the city's annual Christmas tree lighting.
Planning of the park began in October 1997. Construction began in October 1998, and Millennium Park was opened in a ceremony on July 16, 2004, four years behind schedule. The three-day opening celebrations were attended by some 300,000 people and included an inaugural concert by the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. The park has received awards for its accessibility and green design. Millennium Park has free admission, and features the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain, the Lurie Garden, and various other attractions. The park is connected by the BP Pedestrian Bridge and the Nichols Bridgeway to other parts of Grant Park. Because the park sits atop a parking garage and the commuter rail Millennium Station, it is considered the world's largest rooftop garden.
Some observers consider Millennium Park the city's most important project since the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. It far exceeded its originally proposed budget of $150 million. The final cost of $475 million was borne by Chicago taxpayers and private donors. The city paid $270 million; private donors paid the rest, and assumed roughly half of the financial responsibility for the cost overruns. The construction delays and cost overruns were attributed to poor planning, many design changes, and cronyism. Many critics have praised the completed park.
In 2017, Millennium Park was the top tourist destination in Chicago and the Midwest, and placed among the top ten in the United States with 25 million annual visitors.
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