Being from Houston, I was really impressed with Chicago’s efforts to beautify the city. IMO, Millenium Park is a truly beautiful place for outdoor recreation set in a gorgeous city well-built for business & shopping.
Theater abstract
Enormous reflective bean
Video water fountain
Theater
larger sizes & other pictures available: www.flickr.com/photos/jascas/sets/72157605848049179/
July 30, 2008 at 1:31 am
I was in that city a couple of months ago, and hell, it is one hell of a beautiful city. Especially at night. And it is windy indeed.
July 30, 2008 at 1:47 am
I was there last month during “A Taste of Chicago.” A very beautiful city. That fountain in the picture above is very cool but it is seriously creepy.
July 30, 2008 at 2:41 am
You don’t want to know what the cost overruns on that park were. On that “bean” alone it would make you shudder.
And it got the name windy not because of the weather, but because of the politicians.
July 30, 2008 at 8:08 am
Chicago rocks. The Frank Ghery stage is the coolest I’ve ever seen since it looks like the sound has blasted the metal away.
What’s funny is the metallic bean’s actual name is Cloudscape, but instantly became known as the bean to everyone. lawl.
July 30, 2008 at 10:50 am
mashugana, this is what Architecture with no brains and an unlimited budget looks like.
July 30, 2008 at 10:52 am
his name isn’t really Ghery, it’s Goldbergstein
July 30, 2008 at 2:24 pm
@jclimenh
I was there during The Taste Of Chicago too!!! It was while I was visitng my g/f who lives in Plainfield, IL and we took a day trip to the Taste. What awesome foodstuffs there was, I was OM NOM NOM NOM NOMing all day.
July 30, 2008 at 3:47 pm
last pic = AWESOME ultimate frisbee feild