Cloud Gate

Enhancing Your Park Experience

Although a recent addition to the city, Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, or the Bean, has become a Chicago icon.

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Just because your team got second place at Chili’s trivia one Wednesday night doesn’t mean you know everything about everything. After all, did you know that “The Bean” in Millennium Park is actually named "Cloud Gate"?! Chyea, thought so-- oh you did know that? Well, Smartypants McSmartypants, here are a few facts that you definitely do not know about Millennium Park, all of which your relatives will find quite fascinating when you’re inevitably serving as their tour guide Downtown.

Statue Stories Chicago : CLOUD GATE

One of the most unique and interesting sculptures in decades graces the promenade at Chicago's Millennium Park.

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Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Park Grill, between the Chase Promenade and McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed The Bean because of its shape. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons).