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This panorama of the Chicago skyline was taken from Grant Park in front of the Buckingham Fountain on the afternoon of September 30, 2009. Fourteen portrait-mode images were stitched together.
from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Fountain The fountain is considered to be Chicago's front door, since it resides from Grant Park, the city's front yard. The fountain, located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway, was designed with sculptures by Jacques Lambert. It was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham. The fountain itself represents Lake Michigan, while each sea horse symbolizes a state bordering the lake. The statues were created by the French sculptor Marcel F. Loyau. The design of the fountain was based on the Bassin de Latome and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles. The fountain used to be known as the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain. Kate Buckingham also established the Buckingham Fountain Endowment Fund with an initial investment of $300,000 to pay for maintenance on the fountain. Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927. Virtual tour of Chicago (Trump Tower): http://www.trumpchicagohotel.com/ If you like this Gigapan, you'll love our BEAN Gigapan, - http://gigapan.org/gigapans/36622/ |
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. Description of Cloud Gate (from official Millenium Park website - http://www.millenniumpark.org/ ) Cloud Gate (aka "The Bean") is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high. Cloud Gate sits upon the At&T Plaza, which was made possible by a gift from AT&T. Kapoor's Discussion of Cloud Gate: "What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around." About the Panorama: 11 portrait-mode images were stitched together to create this image. There are many wonderful pictures of the Bean on Flickr - these are some of the very best - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmah_v/galleries/72157622779850820/ Checkout our "Chicago Skyline" Gigapan taken from Grant Park with Buckingham Fountain in the foreground: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/35434/ |
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Taken during Memorial Day weekend from the new Nichols Bridgeway at the north end of the art institute on Monroe street. The center of the image shows the Jay Priztker outdoor pavilion in Millenium Park. It was very windy on the bridge! |
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November 4, 2008 Grant Park, Chicago Election Night Obama Wins. Standing in the middle of the crowd early in the evening between Jumbotrons looking at the crowd and all the faces. |
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Usually all eyes are on the bean (Cloud Gate) in Chicago Millennium Park, www.millenniumpark.org, but not today. It?s because Strange Fruit is performing their unique elevated dance a top 4 meter poles that bend and sway at their will; www.strangefruit.net.au. |
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This 360 panorama was taken at 2x33 to minimize edge effect. This was taken at the southeast corner of Buckingham Fountain on the last day of the taste of Chicago Festival, which ends on the 4th of July weekend. |
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AKA The Bean. I took this shot in my free time, and after it was complete i did a "Last Panorama" and jumped it forward to a good spot so i could run in and be in the pano. |
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This view is from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower SkyDeck looking west. The weather was a bit foggy which caused the horizon to disappear in the distance. The strange shapes in the sky in the upper left portion of the gigapan are the reflections of people in the glass window.
www.searstower.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Tower www.theskydeck.com |
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Chase Central Promenade is the home to AT&T plaza and the famous Cloud Gate by British artist Anish Kapoor. This 110-ton elliptical structure is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates and is Kapoor’s first public outdoor work installed in the United States. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.
(http://www.milleniumpark.org, Location: 201 E. Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601) This image was taken in partnership with the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Office of Tourism. |