No Pictures?
Here's one from "Notes from the Lab" that I posted today...
I've been a huge proponent of Millennium Park from it's inception, but I have to admit there has been a lot of "Chicago Style" hustle surrounding it from Day One.
So, I wasn't surprised when I checked out Boing Boing on my 'Feedreader', and I saw the clip about how people are banned from taking pictures of the "Cloud Gate" sculpture in SBC Plaza. In order to providing free access to the public, here's a pic of the sculpture courtesy of the City of Chicago.
I know the reports may be right on. Yet, I'm finding this hard to believe that you can't take a photo of the sculpture....People there are ways...You can do it from your car on Michigan Ave...But there has to be an explanation for this.
Then, again, it's Chicago, and the CPD will always find a way to crack your skull if you cross the line...
Right now, "Cloud Gate" is closed to the public by a piece of cloth that is draped over the 'bubble', 'tear-drop', 'pod', 'bean', or whatever name you would like to give it. Reknowed British sculptor, Anish Kapoor, is currently giving the sculpture a final polishing and welding through Spring of 2005, and he wants to hold publishing rights to all photos that have the "Cloud Gate" image in them.
Give it a couple of years, and I can't wait to see how they're going to police people from taking pics of this thing after 'BluesFest' or after 'Taste of Chicago'.
The City that Works,
BD
I've been a huge proponent of Millennium Park from it's inception, but I have to admit there has been a lot of "Chicago Style" hustle surrounding it from Day One.
So, I wasn't surprised when I checked out Boing Boing on my 'Feedreader', and I saw the clip about how people are banned from taking pictures of the "Cloud Gate" sculpture in SBC Plaza. In order to providing free access to the public, here's a pic of the sculpture courtesy of the City of Chicago.
I know the reports may be right on. Yet, I'm finding this hard to believe that you can't take a photo of the sculpture....People there are ways...You can do it from your car on Michigan Ave...But there has to be an explanation for this.
Then, again, it's Chicago, and the CPD will always find a way to crack your skull if you cross the line...
Right now, "Cloud Gate" is closed to the public by a piece of cloth that is draped over the 'bubble', 'tear-drop', 'pod', 'bean', or whatever name you would like to give it. Reknowed British sculptor, Anish Kapoor, is currently giving the sculpture a final polishing and welding through Spring of 2005, and he wants to hold publishing rights to all photos that have the "Cloud Gate" image in them.
Give it a couple of years, and I can't wait to see how they're going to police people from taking pics of this thing after 'BluesFest' or after 'Taste of Chicago'.
The City that Works,
BD
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