Millennium Park - Project of the Week 8/14/17

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Created to reinvigorate a 25-acre tract of land in Chicago's Grant Park, Millennium Park is a multi-award winning 24.5-acre public park with venues for performance, art, sculpture, architecture and landscape architecture, located between Chicago's lakefront and the central business district (the loop). At 24.5 acres, Millennium Park is considered either the largest or one of the largest intensive greenroof projects in the world and covers two multi-level parking lots with a total of 4,000 cars, a commuter rail line, and an opera hall.

When Millennium Park opened on July 16, 2004, it transformed an industrial wasteland into Chicago's showplace for cutting-edge art, architecture, landscape design, music and more; the centerpiece of Millennium Park is the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a bandshell designed by Frank Gehry. Today, it is Chicago's second-largest tourist attraction -- and the City will mark its 10th anniversary throughout the summer.

[Update: The City of Chicago marked Millennium Park's 10th anniversary throughout the summer of 2014 – visit their website to see the 2017 Millennium Park Summer Brochure for free events & more].

In 2014, the Millennium Park 10th Anniversary Summer Celebration featured dozens of free events and exhibitions including new, monumental sculptures by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, designer of Crown Fountain; indie rock, electronica, jazz, classical and world music; films, simulcasts and documentaries shown on an outdoor, 40-foot LED screen; family activities; workouts and more. Due to the size, scope, and multi-phase approach, several companies provided waterproofing, including: Barrett Company; American Hydrotech, Tremco, and Henry.

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Greenroofs.com Project of the Week 8/14/17 video photo credits: Courtesy of ©Caroline Menetre 2011; American Hydrotech; View of the Chicago skyline from 340 on the Park https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Dmytro Sergiyenko licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons; Lurie Garden in sun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenni... by Ruhrfisch licensed under CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Commons; Lurie Garden view with Michigan and Randolf streetwalls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurie_G... by Señor Codo licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Commons; Jay Pritzker Pavilion on 2012-10-20 http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabell%C... licensed under CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Commons; Pritzker Pavilion looking north at night https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Source: Logan Reed; Author: Farsidekid00 licensed under Public Domain via Commons; and Chicago_-_Crown_Fountain_-_Millennium_Park_(2713868085).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Commons.