我的爱

I was at downtown Chicago last night, first time in last 12 months. On my way into the city, I was reading in the shutttle. When the outside turned too dark to read, I lifted my head, just to see the skyline was right upfront, coming nearer and nearer to me. My heart missed a beat, at that very first sight. I had not realized how strong this city attracts me until that moment. I felt not like being on a business trip, but like coming to see an old lover. And, as ever before, its charm still surrendered my heart.

So, as soon as dropping luggage at hotel, I went to the street to enjoy the city, with my camera.

Millenium park is a new feature of Chicago opened last summer. Here are some pictures of it.

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

The pavilion stands 120-feet high, with a billowing "headdress" of stainless steel ribbons that frame the proscenium opening, connecting to an overhead trellis of crisscrossing steel pipes that define the lawn seating area. The Pavilion has 4,000 fixed seats and capacity for an additional 7,000 people on the lawn. With its open-air "acoustical canopy", the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is among the most technologically advanced outdoor concert venues in the world, with digital innovations and enhanced sound, designed to create an acoustical environment that provides an unforgettable listening experience

Crown Fountain
Designed by Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa, the Crown Fountain features two 50-foot high glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. The towers are activated with changing video images and lights, and water cascades from the top of each. Anchoring the southwest corner of Millennium Park at Michigan Avenue and Monroe Streets, the Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city’s world-renowned public art collection. Inspired by the people of Chicago whose faces appear on the glass towers’ changing video images, this site-specific work creates both a unique meeting point and a dynamic space for silent reflection. Utilizing water, light, and glass, Plensa has created a bold statement that is sure to stimulate passers-by and invite them to enter and experience Millennium Park.

smile at cheerful kids

It's a real fountain!

I was moved.
我会告诉我在美国的妹妹，让她去看看。

谢谢分享, 我也感受到了芝加哥大都会的风情了.

closer

another face

she can spit too

smile

Kapoor Sculpture on SBC Plaza
A major feature of Millennium Park is the 110-ton elliptical sculpture designed by the celebrated British artist Anish Kapoor, one of the most prolific and respected sculptors in the world. "Cloud Gate," the monumental sculpture located on SBC Plaza was named by the artist on June 29 when the final panel of the ellptical sculpture was installed.

The sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly-polished stainless steel "plates" that create an elliptically-arched, highly reflective work with Chicago’s skyline and Millennium Park itself as a dramatic backdrop. Visitors will be able to fully experience the majestic nature of the work by literally walking through and around, as it was designed for public interaction. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.

这个Cloud 也象一粒巨大的豆子。　其上反射出城市的景色。　白天最好看了，　蓝天白云都映在这朵“云”上。　
现在是晚上，　只能看都市灯火了。　如果你的眼睛好，　可以看到端着照相机的我站在中间。

老大，　这个ＦＬＡＳＨ怎么搞上来呀？

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Lurie Garden

Designed by Gustafson Guthrie Nichols Ltd., Piet Oudolf and Robert Israel, this 2.5-acre garden pays homage to the City's motto, "Urbs in Horto" (City in a Garden), which refers to Chicago's transformation from its flat and marshy origins to a bold and powerful city. Highlights of the garden include the dramatically lit, 15-foot-high "shoulder" hedge. This physical representation of Sandburg's famous description of the "City of Big Shoulders" encloses the garden on two sides and protects the delicate perennial garden. A graceful hardwood footbridge over shallow water divides the garden diagonally between "light" and "dark" plates.

"The Lurie Garden is a design inspired by Chicago's distinct natural and cultural history."
-Kathryn Gustafson, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.

旁边就是繁华的Michigan Avenue

Millennium Park 里还有好多独特的设计，比如Exelon Pavilions Harris Theater，McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink，Wrigley Square & Millennium Monument，BP Bridge，Chase Promenade 。　可惜晚上照不出来。　有机会　　大家自己去看吧。

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下面是引用lotus于2005-07-13 16:09发表的:
Millennium Park 里还有好多独特的设计，比如Exelon Pavilions Harris Theater，McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink，Wrigley Square & Millennium Monument，BP Bridge，Chase Promenade 。　可惜晚上照不出来。　有机会　　大家自己去看吧。

呵呵，没有机会就坐在家里想象吧！

范.塔斯提克！！！
那个喷泉太有创意了！
嗯，赶明儿有机会一定去芝加哥转转。