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Millennium Park, as seen from the Aon Center

Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago. It is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) section of northwestern Grant Park. The park features a variety of public art. As of 2009, Millennium Park trailed only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction.

Construction began in October 1998, and the park was opened in a ceremony on July 16, 2004, four years behind schedule; the three-day celebrations were attended by some 300,000 people and included an inaugural concert by the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. The park has received awards for its accessibility and green design. Millennium Park has free admission, and features the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain, the Lurie Garden, and other attractions. Millennium Park is considered to be the city's most important project since the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and far exceeded its original budget of $150 million. (more...)

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