Obligatory Bean, with lowering sky.

Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, 2006, in Millennium Park, Chicago.

No matter your resolve, if you have a camera in your hands when you visit Millennium Park, you will take a photograph of The Bean. It’s a rule. 

Obligatory Bean, with lowering sky.

Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, 2006, in Millennium Park, Chicago.

No matter your resolve, if you have a camera in your hands when you visit Millennium Park, you will take a photograph of The Bean. It’s a rule. 

The Spirit of Music / Theodore Thomas Memorial.

In Grant Park, sculpted by Albin Polasek, 1923. Viewed from the north, the statue displays a striking full-frontalness not normally seen in prudish American civic art. The sculpture and garden honor Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

The Spirit of Music / Theodore Thomas Memorial.

In Grant Park, sculpted by Albin Polasek, 1923. Viewed from the north, the statue displays a striking full-frontalness not normally seen in prudish American civic art. The sculpture and garden honor Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.