Millennium Park Chicago - Kent, Cheryl
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Since it opened in 2004, Millennium Park has become an essential destination for visitors to and residents of Chicago, second only to Navy Pier. As with many of Chicago's architectural and artistic marvels, how the park came to be is a story of outsize ambition, luck, political maneuvering, and turning obstacles into opportunities. Cheryl Kent's lavishly illustrated book is the best general introduction to the park's history and each of its attractions.

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Since it opened in 2004, Millennium Park has become an essential destination for visitors to and residents of Chicago, second only to Navy Pier. As with many of Chicago's architectural and artistic marvels, how the park came to be is a story of outsize ambition, luck, political maneuvering, and turning obstacles into opportunities. Cheryl Kent's lavishly illustrated book is the best general introduction to the park's history and each of its attractions.
Autorenporträt
CHERYL KENT has been writing about architecture and cities for more than twenty years. Her most recent books are Santiago Calatrava, Milwaukee Art Museum (2005) and The New Spertus Institute (2008). Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Architectural Record, Metropolis, Progressive Architecture (for which she was the Chicago correspondent), Inland Architect, Design (London), Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, World Architecture (London), Historic Preservation, and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. She has consulted to the National Register for Historic Places and the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Kent was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support her research on civic architecture.