Millenium+Park+Field+Trip


 * FIELD TRIP: MILLENIUM PARK**

The creative process includes perception, or the meanings we attach to our experiences, to our viewing. As described in chapter 3, the first of the three-step process is selection, deciding what to pay attention to and what to ignore. The second step is organization, arranging the information from our experience in a way that it will make sense to us and the third step is interpretation, which is influenced by your past experiences, beliefs, value system, and cultural expectations.

1.)For our field trip you will need to take notes to use when ultimately creating a mind map of your experience of “seeing” at Millenium Park. The mind map (see Tony Buzan, pp. 80-81) can be drawn or created on a computer.

2.) Examine one or two of your themes from your 100 questions and use one thing you’ve observed to create a forced connection.


 * Lurie** **Garden** designed by the team of Kathryn Gustafson


 * Crown Fountain** attraction in Millennium Park, features the faces of 1,000 digitized Chicagoans. Designed by Jaume Plensa.


 * Cloud Gate** designed by and Anish Kapoor's (aka the “Bean”)

- the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States; Fixed seating for 4,000 and a 95,000-square-foot lawn area will serve a combined audience of more than 11,000 people, with excellent sound quality provided through a state-of-the-art trellis network of speakers that should rival the concert sounds of Ravinia.
 * Jay Pritzker Pavilion** designed by Frank Gehry

A three-block-long walkway lined by nearly 200 trees, the Promenade spans the center of Millennium Park from Monroe to Randolph streets. Chicagoans and visitors are invited to enjoy exhibitions, festivals and other family events on these eight acres of parkland.
 * Chase Promenade**

Located 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. With its graceful semi-circular row of Doric-style columns that rise nearly 40 feet, the Millennium Monument ties the past to the present and supports the designation of Michigan Avenue as a landmark district.
 * Wrigley Square** **and Millennium Monument (Peristyle)**

Etched in stone on the base of the Millennium Monument in Wrigley Square are the names of the founders of Millennium Park. These individuals, corporations and foundations provided generous monetary contribution for the creation and conservation of Millennium Park.


 * The Peristyle** (Randolph and Michigan) is a nearly full-sized replica of the curving row of paired Greek columns that originally graced the northwest corner of Grant Park near Michigan and Randolph between 1917 and 1953

The new Boeing Galleries add much-needed formal space for public exhibitions to the park's mid-level terraces. The Galleries are lined on either side by a row of graceful sycamore trees - a rarity in Chicago. Additional seating is provided by a series of black granite steps.
 * Boeing Galleries**

Connecting Millennium Park to Daley Bicentennial Plaza, east of the park, this 925-foot-long winding bridge, Frank Gehry's first, provides incomparable views of the Chicago skyline, Grant Park and Lake Michigan. Clad in brushed stainless steel panels, the BP Bridge complements the Pritzker Pavilion in function as well as design by creating an acoustic barrier from the traffic noise below. It also has a 5% slope to allow easy access for people who are physically challenged.
 * BP Bridge**

//Chicago////, in my humble opinion, is, architecturally, the best American city traditionally and just visually. It's so exciting.// -Frank Gehry

This 300-space, heated indoor bicycle parking facility provides lockers, showers, a snack bar with outdoor summer seating, bike repair, bike rental and other amenities designed to encourage biking to the park and other downtown locations. Located at Randolph Street and Columbus Drive, the Bike Station also accommodates runners and in-line skaters.
 * McDonald's Cycle Center**

For a map of neighborhood bike paths, bicycle safety tips and rules-of-the-road, visit [|Chicago Bike Map]. For more inormation on bicycle parking rates, rentals or tours, please visit [|www.mcdonaldscyclecenter.com].


 * Globes** along the lake front.

[|Audio tours of Millennium Park] for your MP3 Player are now available for download.