1/27/2024 0 Comments Chicago bean artCredit: Chicago Public Library April 29, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of “Cloud Gate” are attached. Credit: Chicago Public Library April 27, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of “Cloud Gate” are attached, and its inner “skeleton” is also visible here. Credit: Chicago Public Library April 25, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of “Cloud Gate” are attached. Credit: Chicago Public Library April 23, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of “Cloud Gate” are attached, and its inner “skeleton” is also visible here. Credit: Chicago Public Library March 31, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of Cloud Gate are attached. Credit: Chicago Public Library March 29, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of “Cloud Gate” are attached. Credit: Chicago Public Library March 22, 2004: The inner “skeleton” of “Cloud Gate.” Credit: Chicago Public Library March 22, 2004: The omphalos, or navel, installed at “Cloud Gate.” Credit: Chicago Public Library March 25, 2004: The steel plates that make up the shell of “Cloud Gate” around the omphalos are attached. You can see it when you walk under the Bean and look at the highest point of the “ceiling.” Credit: Chicago Public Library April 22, 2003: One of the steel plates that later became Cloud Gate. 17, 2002: The omphalos, or navel, of Cloud Gate. They’re pretty cool! Take a look:Ī rendering of the inside of “Cloud Gate.” Credit: Chicago Public Library Dec. We recently came across a number of photos posted by the Chicago Public Library detailing its construction. Thirty-three feet high, 42 feet wide and 66 feet long, its cost was a reported $23 million. The stainless steel skin hides an internal skeleton with flexible connectors that allow it to expand and contract in Chicago’s extreme weather. Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park Open dropdown menu.South Chicago, East Side Open dropdown menu.Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards Open dropdown menu.Lincoln Square, North Center, Irving Park Open dropdown menu.Lakeview, Wrigleyville, Northalsted Open dropdown menu.Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Norwood Park Open dropdown menu.Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham Open dropdown menu.River North, Gold Coast, Near North Side.Bridgeport, Chinatown, McKinley Park Open dropdown menu.What's Inside The Bean? Photos Show Construction Of 'Cloud Gate' Close
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