BP Bridge is a 925-foot long and winding pedestrian bridge, designed by Architect is the world renowned Frank Gehry, who also designed the Pritzker Pavilion as shown in the first image.
The pedestrian bridge connects two parks, The Millennium park and the Daley Bicentennial Plaza, It gives visual continuity to the Pritzker Pavilion and also works as an acoustic barrier to the noise coming from the traffic for the musical performances here.
Millennium Park is a prominent civic center of the City of Chicago in Illinois and an important landmark of the city's lakefront. A redeveloped section of Grant Park, the 24.5 acre (101,000 m²) landmark is bounded by Michigan Avenue and its Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District, East Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive.
The pedestrian bridge connects two parks, The Millennium park and the Daley Bicentennial Plaza, It gives visual continuity to the Pritzker Pavilion and also works as an acoustic barrier to the noise coming from the traffic for the musical performances here.
Millennium Park is a prominent civic center of the City of Chicago in Illinois and an important landmark of the city's lakefront. A redeveloped section of Grant Park, the 24.5 acre (101,000 m²) landmark is bounded by Michigan Avenue and its Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District, East Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive.
It was Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley's ambitious idea to realize that which was originally designed as part of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago, a plan for the future of Chicago created in 1909. It is historically the site of the Chicago Cubs' (then known as the White Stockings) first home field in 1871, Union Base-Ball Grounds.
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