BP Bridge, Millennium Park, Chicago
BP Bridge, Millennium Park, Chicago
Photo by: Patrick Pyszka
Photo by: Patrick Pyszka
Get an overview of Chicago's most impressive architecture, not to
mention Lake Michigan, when you set out from the brushed-steel Jay
Pritzker Pavilion and amble along Frank Gehry's 925-foot-long bridge
above Columbus Drive. Clad in shiny lizard-skin-patterned steel and paid
for by its oil-company namesake, the overpass's only shortcoming is
that it doesn't make it all the way to the water's edge—you're left to
fend for yourself on traffic-filled Lakeshore Drive.
Companion Bridge: An
ultra-skinny minimalist footbridge, designed by Renzo Piano, leads from
Millennium Park to the architect's new wing of the Art Institute of
Chicago.
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