Millennium Park Monument to Founders - Chicago
by Allen Beatty
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Millennium Park Monument to Founders - Chicago
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Allen Beatty
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Photograph - Photographs
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Millennium Park Monument to Founders by Allen Beatty
Millennium Monument, the limestone replica peristyle that graces Wrigley Field is a tribute to the founders and funders of Millennium Park, including the William Wrigley, Jr. Foundation and other individual, corporate, and foundation benefactors. The pedestal of the peristyle is inscribed with the names of the 115 financial donors who made the 91 contributions of at least $1 million each to help pay for Millennium Park.
Millennium Monument’s design, by David Dillon and Michael Patrick Sullivan of OWP&P, is based on original drawings by Bennett found in the Chicago Park District’s archive. The structure however, was scaled down approximately 15% to accommodate the accessible ramp that runs behind the monument. Its semi-circular row of 24 paired, Doric-style columns rise nearly 40 feet tall and has a diameter of 80 feet. Each limestone column was cut from an Indiana quarry and created in five 2,200 pound sections reinforced by steel rods and plates.
The fountain in front of the monument is a bronze-cast replica of the finials that adorn the Wrigley Building. Unlike Buckingham Fountain, which is fenced off, this fountain remains open with a circular ledge to allow park-goers the freedom to sit next to the open water to enjoy the atmosphere.
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