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andrewhuxman
12th of May 2007 (Sat), 19:02
Taken this morning at Milenium Park Chicago Illinois.http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/ahuxman58/Picture-038.jpg 2 http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/ahuxman58/Picture-041.jpg
Valpre
14th of May 2007 (Mon), 07:23
Yoh!

nice...

watermark is kinda distracting, though...
3dog
17th of May 2007 (Thu), 19:06
Who cleans that thing? cool shot
BB18
17th of May 2007 (Thu), 20:32
We see you taking a picture of the bean. :) Makes it nice when no one else is around.
BB18
17th of May 2007 (Thu), 20:48
Who cleans that thing? cool shot

They put a cover over when they polish it or that's what I've seen.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Chicago/DSC06337.jpg
andrewhuxman
17th of May 2007 (Thu), 21:25
Wow very interesting !!!! I had wondered how they cleaned it .Yes I was there a little after 6:30 in the morning so to make sure not many people were around.
PhotoFranz
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 08:08
When the bean was first built, there were obvious seams in the surface where the plates were welded together. The tent was put over the bean only for final polishing out of these seams, not for regular cleaning.
andrewhuxman
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 10:46
Now we know Very Cool, I was wondering if they put a tent up around it every time they cleaned it would seem to be alot of work just for cleaning
BB18
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 15:14
When the bean was first built, there were obvious seams in the surface where the plates were welded together. The tent was put over the bean only for final polishing out of these seams, not for regular cleaning.

Yeah I didn’t think it was regular cleaning but rather for some finishing touches. The other time I've seen it with a cover over it there were a bunch of guys in white suites with respirators and polishing tools on scaffolding around the bean. The seams were obvious too.
PhotoFranz
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 16:19
Oh, by the way...

No one mentioned it, but just so everyone knows:

The official title of "The Bean" is "Cloud Gate".
andrewhuxman
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 16:38
Amazing, never heard that, thanks so much for the info on "Cloud Gate ".
BB18
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 16:54
Amazing, never heard that, thanks so much for the info on "Cloud Gate ".

Found some more interesting info about Cloud Gate on Wikipedia. It was dedicated on May 15, 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate

Also forgot to say that the blown out sky works nice in contrast to the image on the bean in the first picture, for me anyways.
andrewhuxman
18th of May 2007 (Fri), 19:35
Wow thanks for that link . very interesting !!!! Yeah couldnt avoid the blown out sky shooting into it like that but it did work out with a decent result.
VegasGeorge
19th of May 2007 (Sat), 13:53
Dimensions and size?

66 feet long
33 feet high
42 feet wide
Weight: 110-tons

Oh!:rolleyes: