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Millennium Park
Last updated 8.04.09
What People Are Saying About Millennium Park
The Editor
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Overview – Spanning three square blocks of open lakefront space, the ambitious Millennium Park beautifies a former railroad track, surface parking and unused parkland. When first announced, the features were relatively modest. As more money was poured into the project, it took on a grand scale, including an outdoor music pavilion designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. – – Features – The Pritzker Pavilion, Gehry's structure, is the park's main bandshell with a stage similar in size to Symphony Center's. It seats 4,000 people in stadium seating and 7,000 on…
01/18/09
MILLENIUM PARK PLAZA...A NIGHTMARE!
by jordanj at Citysearch
BAD PLACE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT GO ON:
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HERE DON'T ALLOWED ME TO WRITE ALL THE SCRIPT AND DON'T ALLOWED SOME WORDS OF CURRENT SPEECH THAT I PUT IN THE REVIEW. THIS BUILDING IS A NIGHTMARE A PAST THE WORST MONTH OF MY LIFE. PLZ CHECK THE REVIEW!
- Cons: EVERITHING
12/17/08
Center of Attention
by GoldenAsh at Citysearch
If you are from Chicago, you have visited Millennium Park several times. If you are not a native of this city, this definitely a place you need to go to when you are local. It has so many outlets...sitting areas, the picturesque fountains, the giant mirrored egg, the ice skating rink nearby...my favorite outlet is the outside concert venue. It is so gorgeous and hard to describe. This is the place where a lot of the music fests take place (Gospel fest, Jazz fest, Blues fest), along with other special occasions. A sight to see!
11/27/06
Take it from a Chicagoan!
by dhaneg2 at Citysearch
Completed in 2004, Millennium Park, has consistently drawn visitors and Chicagoans since its? opening to experience the outdoor art works, the Jay Pritzker concert pavilion, the BP bridge, a year-round terraced garden, the Harris theatre, an indoor bicycle park, a three-block long walkway, classic restaurant dining and ongoing park events. At 24.5 acres, there is much to see and do throughout the year, including the winter transformation of the McCormick Tribune Plaza into an outdoor ice rink. The art works include the interactive Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa, largely popular with children during the summer months, Anish Kapoor?s Cloud Gate sculpture, drawing visitors of all ages for photo ops and other traveling works featured at the Boeing galleries.
The popularity of these works has depended on their success as interactive works for all ages to enjoy, watch, participate and engage with. The works are not self-centered; Cloud Gate is reflective of the city, mirroring city goers, skyscrapers and the Chicago skyline and Crown Fountain exposes the diversity of Chicagoans and playfully interacts with humor and wit. For the serious viewer, one may experience the subtle expressions on the enormous, yet detailed faces of everyday citizens during their intimate individual sequences. Cloud Gate functions architecturally, allowing viewers to walk underneath and around it. With Mayor Daley?s major improvements on Chicago over the past decade, there is no comparison to be made to the majority of the New York waterfront, which has over the years, become grittier and less, enjoyable. Millennium Park is refreshing for those who have dealt with New York congestion and pollution; the park is clean, well-groomed and family friendly.
- Pros: Free, Family-friendly, Parking
The Details on Millennium Park
Parking:
Underground parking is available directly beneath the park in three garages. The Millennium Park Garage is accessible from Columbus Drive between Randolph and Monroe streets.
Save Money:
The Grant Park Orchestra holds free concerts at the state-of-the-art Pritzker Pavilion during the summer.
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