![]() Some of our oldest, most classic restaurants are disappearing, and with them, the iconic dish. Perhaps the most preposterous thing about calling Boston “Beantown” is the fact that it’s not an easy place to find Boston baked beans. ![]() ![]() He paused until he remembered just one, saying he sent the out-of-towner to Durgin-Park (which no longer exists). In case I was missing any tourists driven here in search of beans, I asked Jim Healy, who has been in the hospitality business working at Boston Duck Tours since it opened 28 years ago, if he could recall any who specifically asked for a good place to find Boston baked beans. That’s also what 26-year-old Katie Kracht, visiting from Wisconsin, told me: She thought “Beantown” should refer to Chicago. Who could blame him? Boston has been out-beaned by Chicago’s Millennium Park, where “The Bean”-a scintillating silver sculpture designed by Anish Kapoor-draws nearly 13 million visitors each year. It does not store any personal data.“I thought it was what they called Chicago,” Byrne said. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Months later, Kapoor officially named the piece “Cloud Gate.” The sculpture has been used as a backdrop in commercial films, motion pictures and multiple TV programs.īecause Cloud Gate is a public piece of art, it is currently covered by United States copyright law, and the artist holds the copyright for the sculpture. This allows the public to freely photograph Cloud Gate, but any commercial reproductions of the photographs requires permission from the artist or the City of Chicago (which has licensed the art). While the sculpture was being constructed, the public and media outlets nicknamed it “The Bean” because of its shape, a name that Kapoor was not very fond of. Cloud Gate will certainly be the centerpiece of any visit to Chicago. On the underside is the “omphalos” (Greek for “navel”), a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections.Ĭloud Gate will certainly garner much attention during the 8th International Symposium as it has become one of the most iconic sculptures in Chicago, along with the previously featured Chicago Picasso, the lions at The Art Institute of Chicago, and Calder’s Flamingo. Visitors can walk around and under Cloud Gate’s 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. Kapoor’s design was inspired by liquid mercury and the sculpture’s surface reflects and distorts the city’s skyline. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and very, very heavy. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. To help me illustrate the popularity of this week’s sculpture, I am happy to feature the work of Chicago Urban Sketchers Hope Hanley, Muriel Ann, Brian Wright, Yao Lin and Chuck Stull.įor this second postcard, we visit Cloud Gate, a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park. Constructed between 20, the sculpture is nicknamed “The Bean” because of its shape. As we look forward to the 8th International Symposium, I will continue to take you on a virtual tour of my favorite views of Chicago which I have named “Postcards from Chicago.” Each week I will post a different scene of Chicago – some may be familiar to you and some may be less familiar – and by the time I am done it should be time for the Symposium.
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