CHICAGO
“My office saw the original plan with
grand staircases and other barriers to mobility and said ‘no way are you going
to build a big park in downtown Chicago with stairs that are not accessible to
people with disabilities,’” says Denise Arnold, a private practice architect
and inclusive design specialist who worked for Chicago’s large and influential
Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities while Millennium Park was being developed.
The Crown Fountain, designed by
Catalan artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton Architects of
Chicago, is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair
of 50-foot glass brick towers that display digital videos on their inward
faces.
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