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  Chicago Millennium Park - Millenium Park Attraction Information-Links from Chicago Traveler
Among the park’s prominent features is the dazzling Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States, designed by Frank Gehry, one of the world’s greatest living architects.
Located in Millennium Park on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, the tree-lined area of Wrigley Square is an inviting open space for visitors to relax on the lawn or stroll paths.
The Square is anchored by the Millennium Monument (peristyle), a nearly full-sized replica of the original peristyle that stood in the same location between 1917 and 1953.
www.chicagotraveler.com /chicago_millennium_park.htm   (1328 words)

  
 Millennium Park
Not the new and glitzy Millennium Park in Chicago, but rather the much smaller park by the same name in Michigan City, Indiana, 38 miles as the boat floats eastward across Lake Michigan.
Millennium Park is the drawing for July 15, a day on which my wife Rose and I serendipitiously participated in a Sunset Cruise sponsored by Catholic Charities.
Chicago Skyline art, the Millennium Park drawing is fl ink on white illustration board.
www.halhigdon.com /art/millenniumpark.htm   (736 words)

  
 Greener Buildings | Case Studies | Millennium Park   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Millennium Park site was the unfinished 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) northwest corner of the 320-acre (129 ha) Grant Park, a 1922 Beaux Arts design by Edward Bennett—coauthor with Daniel Burnham of the milestone Plan of Chicago (1909).
The completed Millennium Park is a cosmopolitan assortment of sculptural, architectural, and landscaping elements from some of the world’s most accomplished designers.
With a brave investment by the city of Chicago and Millennium Park, Inc., the development concept was broadened from completing the missing piece of Bennett’s plan to creating a world-class destination.
www.greenerbuildings.com /case_studies_detail.cfm?LinkAdvID=66096&viewBy=leed   (852 words)

  
 Visitors | Millennium Park
Millennium Park project will offer recreational and educational benefits to students, staff, neighbourhood families and community groups.
The goal of the Red River College Landscape Masterplan is to create a Millennium Park Project that will beautify the grounds, provide educational and research opportunities for the students and industry, and provide a significant greenspace for the community.
The Millennium Park Project will provide a legacy to residents of the surrounding area, employees of the adjacent industrial park, college students and staff alike.
www.rrc.mb.ca /index.php?pid=160   (352 words)

  
 Blending Solor And Architecture, Chicago-Style | Articles | Interiors and Sources
Millennium Park, that is. Chicago, IL, electric utility Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) and parent company Exelon Corp. are making a $3 million joint donation for solar technology in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is expected to be one of the world's most stunning public spaces.
According to Edward Uhlir, Millennium Park project design director, the decision to use BIPV was not only an architectural plus, but also a practical solution over using a traditional solar roof installation.
Funded by city and private funds, the Millennium Park project is a joint venture intended to enhance park, recreation, cultural and transportation facilities along Chicago's Lakefront.
www.isdesignet.com /ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Stamats%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&AudID=1E3ABA75D377495382DF2A564C3FF787&tier=4&id=ACEF19AAA819498CBA4BD51C947B72C9   (837 words)

  
 Hotel Near Chicago Millennium Park - Hotel Monaco Chicago
The park, named for President Ulysses S. Grant and formed from fire debris pushed into Lake Michigan, was one of the foremost urban parks for decades and in 1997, it became even better.
Chicago's Millennium Park was formed as a way to expand Grant Park by transforming unsightly railroad tracks and deserted parking lots into usable parkland.
Millennium Park rose from this modern urban rubble to become a showplace park that one city leader promised "...will be a worthy creation for all time.
www.monaco-chicago.com /moncmn_millpark.html   (359 words)

  
 Millennium Park - Chicago, IL Inauguration July 16, 2004
Millennium Park opened on July 16th, 2004 and is located in Chicago bounded by Randolph Street to the North, Columbus Drive to the East, Monroe Drive to the South and the great Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue, to the West.
The park was originally just an open expanse with railroads and parking and an unsightly eyesore in Chicago's great front lawn that is Grant Park, and is now one of Chicago's most enjoyed public spaces.
Millennium Park Garage was completed on February 2001, and has occupancy for 2,186 cars.
www.millenniumpark.net   (286 words)

  
 Millennium Park -- chicagotribune.com
Instead of seeming a hodge-podge of classical and contemporary with a water park thrown in, Millennium Park has come across as a place with something for everyone.
Like many a diva, the park -- really a roof over underground parking and commuter rail tracks -- was tardy and expensive.
Even before its opening four years late for the millennium, the park was famed for its well-publicized cost escalation.
www.chicagotribune.com /entertainment/chi-wonders-park,0,2795304.story?coll=chi-homepagepromo440-fea   (516 words)

  
 Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea, Inc. - Millennium Park - 53 E. Randolph
Nick Harberg is the Millennium Park Barista of the Month for November and December 2007.
Meghan Ryan is the Millennium Park Barista of the Month for September and October 2007.
Goodrich Gevaart is the Millennium Park Barista of the Month for May and June 2007.
www.intelligentsiacoffee.com /retail/millennium   (406 words)

  
 Gilfoyle, Timothy J.: Millennium Park
At its opening on July 16, 2004, Chicago’s Millennium Park was hailed as one of the most important millennium projects in the world.
Gilfoyle studied the history of downtown; spent years with the planners, artists, and public officials behind Millennium Park; documented it at every stage of its construction; and traced the skeins of financing through municipal government, global corporations, private foundations, and wealthy civic leaders.
The result is a thoroughly readable and lavishly illustrated testament to the park, the city, and all those attempting to think and act on a monumental scale.
www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/174505.ctl   (370 words)

  
 Millennium Park :: Audio Tour
Chicago’s Millennium Park is an unparalleled center for art, music, architecture and landscape design.
Learn the secrets that lie beneath the Park floor, and hear the reasons why Millennium Park is one of the world’s most spectacular new public spaces.
Tour stops are designated on the Millennium Park maps located in the Chicago Cultural Center, or by clicking here.
www.antennaaudio.com /millenniumpark.shtml   (180 words)

  
 steelheadsite.com Books : Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Gilfoyle studied the history of downtown; spent years with the planners, artists, and public officials behind Millennium Park; documented it at every stage of its construction; and traced the skeins of financing through municipal government, global corporations, private foundations, and wealthy civic leaders.
The result is a thoroughly readable and lavishly illustrated testament to the park, the city, and all those attempting to think and act on a monumental scale.
The avowed purpose of Millennium Park is to memorialize, via the reactions of ordinary citizens, the contribution this great city made to public art.
www.steelheadsite.com /amz/amazon.pl?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=0226293491&templates=default&max_results=9   (664 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Spotlight Columnists
That is, what elements and connections could "activate" the park, using a public and private partnership (Denver Parks and Recreation, and the Civic Center Conservancy) before finding generous donors for whatever plans eventually materialize from this week's presentation and the public input to follow.
Millennium Park may have begun life as something simple to stick on top of a new parking garage near the Art Institute, but venerable philanthropists and the city's long, blue-chip list of corporations headquartered there soon churned civic pride and naming opportunities into a site agog with bells and whistles.
As the Millennium Park fundraisers signed on donors (he calls them modern-day Medicis) who often chose their own designers, it tested the strength (literally) of the parking garage and the project budget.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/spotlight_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23962_4949355,00.html   (1397 words)

  
 Boca Ciega Millennium Park
At the entrance to the 184.6-acre park is the Pinellas County Millennium Time Capsule with more than 100 items secured for future generations to find.
The park has been recognized by the Florida Native Plant Society for its use of natives in landscaping.
The park is a stop on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's "Great Florida Birding Trail".
www.pinellascounty.org /park/03_Boca_Ciega.htm   (192 words)

  
 Millennium Park :: Art and Architecture
Millennium Park is an award-winning center for art, music, architecture and landscape design.
Since its opening in July 2004, Millennium Park has hosted millions of people, making it one of the most popular destinations in Chicago.
Audio tours of Millennium Park for your MP3 Player are now available for download.
www.millenniumpark.org /artandarchitecture   (97 words)

  
 Millennium Park :: Contact Us
Millennium Park :: Contact Us Portions of this site require the use of a JavaScript-enabled browser.
For general questions about Millennium Park, please call 312-742-1168, or email millennium-park@cityofchicago.org.
Millennium Park is a Division of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
www.millenniumpark.org /contact_us.html   (117 words)

  
 McDonald's Cycle Center
It’s much easier to stay fit when you work exercise into your daily routine.
Biking is often faster than driving and you don't waste time looking for parking.
Exercising while commuting could save you a trip to the Gym!
www.chicagobikestation.com   (81 words)

  
 Tennessee Conference Center - The Millennium Centre - corporate meeting, meeting facilities, conference services
Tennessee Conference Center - The Millennium Centre - corporate meeting, meeting facilities, conference services
At the Millennium Centre, we host conferences, training sessions, meetings, and even exquisite weddings - and we do it exceptionally well.
We are easy to do business with and easy to find.
www.centreatmillenniumpark.com   (109 words)

  
 The Heritage -
Upcoming Meetings: Annual Members Meeting & Board Election - 11/27 @ 6:30
The Heritage at Millennium Park 130 N. Garland Court Chicago, IL 60602
Welcome Location & Parking Amenities Fun & Social
www.heritagecondo.com   (146 words)

  
 Millennium Park
Receive e-mail updates on free concerts and events!
The free audio tour of Millennium Park is now available in five languages!
Interested in learning more about the plant life of Millennium Park's Lurie Garden?
www.millenniumpark.org   (115 words)

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