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It is west of the garden and east of the Nichols Bridgeway. The Southeast Pavilion is east of the garden, has the second smallest area at 750 square feet (70 m), and has 24 rooftop photovoltaic modules. Together these two pavilions are capable of producing 3,840 kilowatt-hours (13,800 MJ) of electricity annually.
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along Monroe Street, and their glass walls allow views of the garden. Both of the South Pavilions provide access to the parking garage below the park. The 550-square-foot (51 m) Southwest Pavilion is the smallest of the four pavilions, and has the fewest photovoltaic modules with 16 on its roof.
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praised the decision to have architects design the pavilions as an "inspired stroke", speculating that if their designs had been left to contractors, visitors to Millennium Park could have instead seen unimpressive "blunt utilitarian huts". Kamin was pleased with Piano's South Pavilions, describing
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In 1836, a year before Chicago was incorporated, the Board of Canal Commissioners held public auctions for the city's first lots. Citizens with the foresight to keep the lakefront as public open space convinced the commissioners to designate the land east of Michigan Avenue between Randolph Street
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of Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge Architects. Beeby's designs for the North Pavilions are "in harmony with the Harris Theater", for which he was the architect as well. The North Pavilions are along Randolph Street on either side of the theater, which is Millennium Park's indoor performing-arts venue.
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The Millennium Park Welcome Center in the Northwest Pavilion offers guides to the park and wheelchairs. It houses exhibitions on parks and energy, and has interactive displays on how the pavilions' solar panels function and on renewable energy. There are exhibits with interactive web-based
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The Northwest Pavilion, located at 151 E. Randolph Street, houses the Millennium Park Welcome Center and an Exelon energy display. It contains the Millennium Park offices, and public restrooms. The three-story Northwest Pavilion is the largest of the four pavilions, with 6,100 square feet
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of installed photovoltaic systems. The pavilions together generate 19,840 kilowatt-hours (71,400 MJ) of electricity annually, worth $ 2,353 per year at 2010 average Illinois electricity prices. According to the City of Chicago, this is enough energy to power the equivalent of 14
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on the park land, Ward commenced legal actions to keep the park free of new buildings. In 1900, the Illinois Supreme Court concluded that all landfill east of Michigan Avenue was subject to dedications and easements. In 1909, when he sought to prevent the construction of the
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and Park Row (11th Street) "Public Ground—A Common to Remain Forever Open, Clear and Free of Any Buildings, or Other Obstruction, whatever." Grant Park has been "forever open, clear and free" since, protected by legislation that has been affirmed by four previous
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for rental and sells official Millennium Park and Chicago souvenirs. The two-story Northeast Pavilion is the second-largest, with 4,100 square feet (380 m) of surface area, and also has 460 photovoltaic modules to generate electricity from sunlight.
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and the protector of Grant Park, twice sued the city of Chicago to force it to remove buildings and structures from Grant Park, and to keep it from building new ones. In 1890, arguing that Michigan Avenue property owners held
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The Northeast Pavilion houses a pedestrian entrance to the Millennium Park parking garage, and provides access to the Harris Theater's rooftop terrace. It is at 201 E. Randolph Street, east of the theater and west of the
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has recognized all the pavilions as part of its Million Solar Roofs Initiative. In 2005 Chicago ranked fourth among U.S. cities in solar installations; the completion of the Exelon Pavilions took the city to a total of
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them as "minor modernist jewels, almost house-like". He lauded the way their limestone walls complement the transparent glass by way of contrast, and noted that they anticipated Piano's then-forthcoming addition to the
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As a result, the city has what are termed the Montgomery Ward height restrictions on buildings and structures in Grant Park; structures over 40 feet (12 m) tall are not allowed in the park, with the exception of
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cells, which are a solar energy system incorporated into the building's structural elements. Millennium Park's planners claimed that the pavilions had the first electricity-generating curtain walls in the
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of the South Pavilions are limestone and glass in order to complement the Modern Wing, even though it was not completed until several years after the pavilions were finished. Piano also designed the
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were exempt from the height restrictions, because they were classified as works of art and not buildings or structures. Shorter structures do not run afoul of the height restrictions. The
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Ward chose not to challenge the Art Institute of Chicago building in the park. For an overview of the legal cases involving Grant Park and structures within it, please see:
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of Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Piano designed the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing, which is across Monroe Street from the South Pavilions and opened in 2009. The
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praised the South Pavilions as "minor modernist jewels", but criticized the North Pavilions as "nearly all black and impenetrable". The North Pavilions have received the
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Renzo Piano designed the South Exelon Pavilions (the two structures on the near side of the street in Lurie Garden), the Art Institute's 2009 Modern Wing, and the
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reserve and declared the land between Randolph Street and Madison Street east of Michigan Avenue "Public Ground forever to remain vacant of buildings".
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The photovoltaic modules generate electricity to power much of the pavilions' lighting. The North Pavilions are the first Chicago buildings to use
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that depict the city's use of solar energy, and a dynamic multi-screen video presentation on electricity generation and usage. The building's
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The pavilions have been recognized for their innovative use of renewable energy and green design. In 2005, the North Pavilions received the
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Kamin was less pleased with Beeby's North Pavilions, which he described as "nearly all black and impenetrable" and compared to
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Flanagan, Regina M. (2008). "The Millennium Park Effect: A Tale of Two Cities". In Cartiere, Cameron; Shelley Willis (eds.).
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described the Southwest (pictured) and Southeast Exelon Pavilions as "minor modernist jewels, almost house-like".
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has been Chicago's front yard since the mid-19th century. Its northwest corner, north of Monroe Street and the
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causes air to cycle within air cavities covered by the photovoltaic modules. A "highly heat-reflective
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rail yards and parking lots until 1997, when it was made available for development by the city as
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in the center of the park, the courts affirmed his arguments and the museum was built elsewhere.
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The Northwest Exelon Pavilion is the Millennium Park Welcome Center and houses the park's office.
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with three backlit 9-foot (2.7 m) two-way mirrors. The sculpture, titled
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Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront: A Celebration Of The Grant Park Music Festival
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The Northeast Exelon Pavilion has an entrance to the garage below and a shop.
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membrane" is used to waterproof each roof, and helps mitigate the
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includes a sculpture by Chicago-based artists Patrick McGee and
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and opened when Millennium Park celebrated its grand opening on
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Aerial view of Millennium Park in 2005; north is at the bottom
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Macaluso, Tony; Julia S. Bachrach & Neal Samors (2009).
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A cube-shaped building covered by a rectangular grid containing some windows, but mostly black glass. Four people are on the surrounding sidewalks and there are three banners reading "Welcome Center".
Exelon Pavilions is located in Downtown Chicago


Modern
Randolph St.
Millennium Park
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates
41°53′2.67″N 87°37′20.54″W / 41.8840750°N 87.6223722°W / 41.8840750; -87.6223722
Renzo Piano
solar energy
Millennium Park
Loop
community area
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
Randolph Street
Harris Theater
Lurie Garden
Exelon
Commonwealth Edison
Chicago Tribune
Blair Kamin
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
United States Green Building Council
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Aerial view of a green park with large roads running vertically at left and right and horizontally at the top. A curving metal bridge crosses the road on the left. Sidewalks divide the park into different areas, and it includes buildings and sculptures.
Lake Michigan

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