Millennium Park : creating a Chicago landmark

Gilfoyle, Timothy J. (Author). Chicago Historical Society. (Added Author).

Summary: At its opening on July 16, Chicago's Millennium Park was hailed as one of the most important millennium projects in the world. Timothy Gilfoyle offers a biography of this phenomenal undertaking, beginning before 1850 when the site of the park, the 'city's front yard' was part of Lake Michigan.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226293493
ISBN: 0226293491 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiv, 442 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 26 cm..
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Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-428) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

History -- Before Grant Park -- Creating Grant Park -- The Grant Park problem -- Politics -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Master Plan -- Shooting for the moon -- Art in the park -- The culture broker -- A theater in the park -- The modern medicis -- Conflict and controversy -- Defining art -- Culture -- Constructing Millennium Park -- Vermeer in Chicago: The Jay Pritzker Pavilion and BP Bridge -- The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance -- Cloud Gate -- The Crown Fountain -- The Lurie Garden -- The subtle amenities of Millennium Park -- Conclusion: The multiple meanings of Millennium Park.