Crown Fountain, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Chuck Eckert / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
DH1N16File size:
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3033 x 4608 px | 25.7 x 39 cm | 10.1 x 15.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
28 October 2013Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA.More information:
Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area. Designed by Catalan artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton Architects, it opened in July 2004.[1][2] The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15.2 m) tall, [1] and they use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to display digital videos on their inward faces. Construction and design of the Crown Fountain cost $17 million.[3] Weather permitting, the water operates from May to October, [4] intermittently cascading down the two towers and spouting through a nozzle on each tower's front face.