Cool Hunting
Next month is the grand opening of Chicago's Millennium Park. The centerpiece is the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States. The last few Gehry buildings seem to have been cut and past replications of each-other, but this one is a little different. It's still distinctively Gehry, but where the other buildings are wavy, this one is curly. If that makes any sense.
The Millenium Park Grand Opening will be 16 - 18 July.
Other highlights of this 475 Million Dollar project include:
A 110-ton sculpture, forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates that reflect everything around it. Indian-born artist Anish Kapoor won't name the piece until its installation is complete, but the sculpture's shape has already inspired the nickname "The Bean."
A fountain with a reflecting pool bookended by two 50-foot-high towers of glass bricks. Changing video images will be projected onto the towers, including the faces of 1,000 Chicagoans recorded pursing their lips so it will appear as if water is coming out of their mouths -- a 21st century version of gargoyles.
Here's a map of the park.
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