Rising fifty feet above Daley Plaza, this monumental untitled sculpture is crafted from Cor-Ten steel, the same weathered, rusted-brown material used for the exterior of the Richard J. Daley Center nearby. The structure weighs one hundred…
Chicago Loop Sculpture Walk
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1. Untitled by Pablo Picasso
2. Miró's Chicago (The Sun, The Moon, and One Star)
Miró’s Chicago is a thirty-nine-foot tall, abstract figure that rises from a stone-clad base in the narrow space between the Cook County Administration Building and the Chicago Temple Building. Its curving, multicolored form, crafted from…
3. Flamingo - Alexander Calder
The Flamingo is a fifty-three-foot-tall, bright red steel sculpture that rises from the concrete of Federal Plaza. Designed by the artist Alexander Calder, this massive abstract shape is known as a stabile, a term Calder used to describe…
4. Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a massive, elliptical sculpture in Millennium Park that serves as a giant mirror for the Chicago skyline. Measuring thirty-three feet high, sixty-six feet long, and forty-two feet wide, its surface is composed of one hundred…
5. Crown Fountain
Two fifty-foot glass brick towers rise from a black granite reflecting pool, marking the presence of the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park. Spanish artist Jaume Plensa designed these structures, which opened in two thousand four, to serve…
6. Agora
At the southern edge of Grant Park, one hundred and six headless, armless iron figures occupy a wide, open expanse. Each of these nine-foot-tall sculptures weighs approximately one thousand eight hundred pounds and possesses a…