Millennium Park
Millennium Park Reviews
 Jul 07, 2007
If you find yourself outside on a sunny day in chicago, I would recommend heading over to Millennium Park. The park is in the heart of chicago, near Michigan Ave (a great place to window shop at). Millennium Park offers some really unique art and architecture. There are these tall fountain blocks with moving pictures on them. It is kind of like a mini times square but more artistic and less A.D.D.
Anyway, it offers a unique retreat and true insight to the chicago culture and art scene. I would seriously recommend checking it out. 
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 Oct 15, 2006
This is a new park in downtown Chicago established around 2004. It is about 24.5 acres and has several really outstanding outdoor sculptures - Cloud Gate by British artist Anish Kapoor, a bean shaped highly polished stainless steel sculpture 66 ft long and 33 ft tall, is one of the most amazing and FUN sculpture anywhere (where else would anyone associate the word "fun" with a piece of sculpture?), the Crown Fountain is also a great piece of art. The outdoor concert hall designed by the famous architech Frank Gehry, and the Serpertine Bridge.
One can even rent a bike and ride around, but we didn't. I am sure when there is a concert going on in the summer, it would be even more popular place than in the fall. There is a welcome center, and you can also download audio guides of the various parts of the park over the internet, which we did. I highly recommend it if you want to learn a bit more about the park. One can easily spend a couple of hours here just walking and looking around, we didn't even spend much time in the garden, where I am sure plant lovers will enjoy. Before or going to the Art Institute of Chicago, one should allocate some time here if you have not been before.  Part of the Cross country Oct 2006 travel blog |
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Millennium Park Blogs
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Feb 09, 2007
So, we catch the bus to Millennium Park! Wow...beautiful, especially the Bean! I absolutely LOVE the Bean! Also at Millennium Park is the amphitheater, a skating rink (during the winter) and some shops and an eatery (the Park Cafe, I think). We were told later that there were two walls… Freezing, snowing...and in a brace! Welcome to Chicago! |
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Oct 15, 2006
At the Millennium Park is also an outdoor concert hall designed by the famed architect Frank Gehry, and a "serpentine bridge" connecting the park to Daley Bicentennial Plaza. The 925-foot bridge provides great vintage points to enjoy the Chicago skyline, and is a joy to look… Millennium Park and the "bean" |
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Dec 29, 2007
But I was determined to ice-skate at the Millennium Park, and there I was standing diligently in the cold with other people who did not bring/have their skates to the park. The park people had to regulate people who were in line and those who were already in the rink. They also had to estimate… Ice-skating at the Millennium Park, Chicago, IL |
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Sep 05, 2008
Millennium Park is covers twenty-four and a half acres of land and is located in downtown Chicago on Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Monroe Streets. The park was opened on July 16th, 2004 and is one of the most popular attractions in Chicago . I was so excited… Millennium Park |
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Aug 12, 2009
Millennium Park. I walked through Millennium Park and remembered how dirty this place had once been. Now it's filled with artwork, beautiful landscaping, wildflowers and water features. It's so much better now. I reached Buckingham Fountain and watched some planes that were practicing… Wandering aimlessly in Chicago |
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