A
photo gallery of the making of Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain in Chicago's
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Millennium
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Early July - testing of fountain video displays. Opening Day - July 16th, 2004 - Videos of Chicagoan's faces are projected on the LED displays behind the glass block walls of Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain. Every twelve minutes, each projected face becomes a gargoyle as he or she purses their lips and a spout of water spews forth. The image then disappears, and water cascades down all the sides of the towers. Parents stand along the periphery of the fountain, watching in delight as their equally delighted children wade through the thin slab of water.
Text and photographs © Copyright 2004 Lynn Becker All rights reserved.
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