Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Gehry's stage.
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Millennium Park is a public park in the Loop, the downtown heart of Chicago, Illinois, close to the Lake Michigan shore and about 800 m in a straight line from the city centre. It covers about 10 hectares of the north-west corner of Grant Park. The site was once railway yards and car parks. Work began in 1998 and the park opened in July 2004, four years late. It sits on top of parking garages and a commuter rail station, which makes it one of the largest rooftop gardens in the world. With around 25 million visits a year, it is among the most visited places in the United States. Its outdoor concert stage, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion by Frank Gehry, has a burst of curving steel above the stage and a trellis of steel pipes over the lawn that carries the sound system, and free concerts are held here in summer. Gehry also designed the winding, steel-clad BP Pedestrian Bridge, while the Lurie Garden is a large planting of grasses and perennials. The park is also home to the Cloud Gate sculpture and the Crown Fountain. Entry is free and the park is open daily. In winter an ice rink usually opens in the park, and the Art Institute of Chicago is right next door.
Gehry's stage.
Winding footbridge.
Grasses and flowers.
Michigan Avenue, The Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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The Art Institute of Chicago.