Field+Trip+Millenium+Park+and+Forced+Connections

**//Forced Connections //**  Examine one or two of your themes from your 50 questions and use one thing you’ve observed or your overall impression of the park to create a forced connection.  As mentioned in your Idea Generation packet forced connections asks you to make a connection between two disparate things. Creating links via language between two different concepts will hopefully help one to develop a new idea regarding the work problem.  //For instance your office is having a problem getting work done with a reduced work force. Now think of a monkey and make connections between your problem and the monkey. // //What are some of the characteristics of a monkey? Loyal, fun-loving, center of attention, very curious, eat a lot of bananas, swing from trees. Female spider monkeys plan their routes ahead of time, groom their babies, have tails longer than their bodies. Now what are some attributes of monkeys that you could apply to your work force? Perhaps a strong mentoring program would help or planning deliverables for each month. //  TURN IN: your notes from visiting the park and the forced connections made between some aspect of the park and your question (or problem). I expect this to be rather brief in nature.      - 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. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Chase Promenade ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">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. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wrigley Square ****<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> and Millennium Monument (Peristyle) ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">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.
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">FIELD TRIP: MILLENIUM PARK **
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Here are some of the highlights of Millenium Park. Be sure to visit an area you haven’t previously. **
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Lurie ****<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> Garden ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">designed by the team of Kathryn Gustafson
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Crown Fountain ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">features the faces of 1,000 digitized Chicagoans. Designed by Jaume Plensa.
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Cloud Gate **<span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">designed by and Anish Kapoor's (aka the “Bean”) <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Jay Pritzker Pavilion **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> designed by Frank Gehry <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">

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.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> **<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Boeing Galleries ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">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. <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> **<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">BP Bridge ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">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.
 * <span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Peristyle **<span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> (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.

//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Chicago ////<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">, in my humble opinion, is, architecturally, the best American city traditionally and just visually. It's so exciting. //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> -Frank Gehry <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="color: #4f6e30; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">McDonald's Cycle Center ** <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">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.

For a map of neighborhood bike paths, bicycle safety tips and rules-of-the-road, visit Chicago Bike Map. For more information on bicycle parking rates, rentals or tours, please visit [|www.mcdonaldscyclecenter.com]. <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> [|Audio tours of Millennium Park] for your MP3 Player are now available for download. <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"> <span style="color: #503d2c; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">