Chicago's Millenium Park

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Millenium Park is new since my last visit to Chicago.

Here is the Cloud Gate (it looks more like an enormous drop of mercury than a cloud!). I love the way it curves the reflections of everything around it to match its shape. Note that when you stand close to it, your reflection is perpendicular to your self.





A small person pondering a reflection:





As you might guess from the "Gate" in its name, you can walk under it.





Here is what you see if you look up from underneath:





The amphitheatre is also very cool. It is enormous. The curled-back metal bits over the stage can be seen from quite a distance.





There are theatre seats near the stage, and then there is a huge lawn. All around the lawn are large shiny pillars supporting speakers, speakers, and more speakers.





They were rehearsing opera when I was there. As I walked around the periphery of this area, looking at the gardens, I could hear very clearly. Cool.





Speaking of gardens, the Millenium Park gardens are very nice. Large groupings of large plants. Informal. I heard lots of birdsong in the gardens, and saw a butterfly.....







I like the way the shadows are as eye-catching as the flowers.







There is a very cool-looking (but oven-like, even on a mid-80s sort of day) bridge over one of the big roads, heading mostly easterly toward the harbor. The bridge is covered with shiny metal tiles or scales or shingles. It was so bright (and I was so hot) that I didn't try to take its pic.

Chicago has a big harbor. The Great Lakes really are very large indeed, and some states that border them have a lot of coast. Michigan has more coastline than all but a handful of other states. Just not of the salty sort. In this view we are looking east toward Michigan.





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