Millennium ParkMillennium Park Average User Rating: Millennium Park is a wonderful park filled with activities and green space. The park includes a pavilion, gardens, promenades, fountains, ice rink and more. See map and website link below. The BP Bridge connects Millennium Park to Daley Bicentennial plaza and Chicago's lakefront. The Lurie Garden is a 2.5 acre landscape marvel. The Chase Premenade provides eight acres of lush parkland space. The Crown Fountain features a rectangular reflecting pool with two 50-foot tall glass block towers. The SBC Plaza and Cloud Gate Sculpture is the site of world-renowned Artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work. The McCormick Tribune Plaza and Ice Rink faces Michigan Avenue and Madison Streets. The Peristyle in Wrigley Square Millennium Monument is a nearly full size replica of the peristyle originally in the same place. The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance provides a venue for performances by arts groups. A Bike Station provides bicycle parking with 300 indoor heated spaces to encourage biking to the park. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is winner of the Pritzker Prize in Architecture and the National Medal of Art.
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