Chicago's claim to the 'Beantown' title
One has often heard Boston being referred to as Beantown (and I've no clue why!), but Chicago recently made a strong pitch for that title now. For, in the heart of the city, lies Chicago's most ambitious city beautification project ever, costing a whopping $475 million - Millenium Park. And the star of this new park is clearly the creation of a Brit of Indian origin, Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate", or fondly referred to as "The Bean", or "The Pod", or as I would like to call it (being the technophile I am!) - cPod.
cPod is a piece of art, humungous in size, made of stainless steel. And I had to go and see it, on Friday, the 16th, when the Park was officially open. 'Coz, cPod would be open only for a week, as its still not complete yet. After a week, dear cPod will be covered up, and then the finishing touches would be carried on, which they say will be a few months.
Besides the Bean, there are also other architectural attractions in this expensive park, namely the Crown Fountain, which is a strong contender for Buckingham Fountain, in terms of appeal. But BF, still has its charm, a good old fashioned fountain. The Crown Fountain has two square towers 50 feet or so in height, and the water flows down from them. The highlight of this fountain is that its made of glass wood bricks, andbehind one of the sides of each tower, is a humungous LCD screen, which portrays faces of different Chicagoans. And every thirteen minutes, out a spout of water comes 'out of their mouth'. The accompanying photograph will give you a better idea.
I still havent checked out Frank Gehry's Pavillion, and I have atleast another 23 acres to check out of the park.
The more I'll see, the more I'll post :)
cPod is a piece of art, humungous in size, made of stainless steel. And I had to go and see it, on Friday, the 16th, when the Park was officially open. 'Coz, cPod would be open only for a week, as its still not complete yet. After a week, dear cPod will be covered up, and then the finishing touches would be carried on, which they say will be a few months.
Besides the Bean, there are also other architectural attractions in this expensive park, namely the Crown Fountain, which is a strong contender for Buckingham Fountain, in terms of appeal. But BF, still has its charm, a good old fashioned fountain. The Crown Fountain has two square towers 50 feet or so in height, and the water flows down from them. The highlight of this fountain is that its made of glass wood bricks, andbehind one of the sides of each tower, is a humungous LCD screen, which portrays faces of different Chicagoans. And every thirteen minutes, out a spout of water comes 'out of their mouth'. The accompanying photograph will give you a better idea.
I still havent checked out Frank Gehry's Pavillion, and I have atleast another 23 acres to check out of the park.
The more I'll see, the more I'll post :)
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