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About the community
Living in Millennium Park.
Millennium Park is a 24.5-acre public park in the Loop community area of Chicago, occupying the northwestern corner of Grant Park near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Opened on July 16, 2004, it is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive, and East Monroe Drive, and is home to Cloud Gate, also known as The Bean, the Crown Fountain, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and the Lurie Garden. In 2017 it was the top tourist destination in Chicago and the Midwest with 25 million annual visitors. The surrounding district is one of the most fashionable residential addresses in Chicago, led by high-rise buildings such as The Heritage at Millennium Park, plus the adjacent master-planned Lakeshore East community in the northeastern Loop. The Loop is the 5th most walkable neighborhood in Chicago with a Walk Score of 95, world-class public transit, and the commuter-rail Millennium Station sitting directly beneath the park. The median home sale price in the Loop was about 427,000 dollars, up 6.1 percent year over year, at a median of roughly 404 dollars per square foot.
At a glance
Park opened
Millennium Park opened in a ceremony on July 16, 2004, four years behind schedule, with three-day opening celebrations attended by some 300,000 people.
Cloud Gate
Anish Kapoor's three-story reflective steel sculpture is composed of 168 stainless steel plates with no visible seams, measuring 33 by 66 by 42 feet.
Annual visitors
In 2017, Millennium Park drew 25 million annual visitors, the top tourist destination in Chicago and the Midwest.
Walk Score
The Loop scores 95, rated Walker's Paradise, and is the 5th most walkable neighborhood in Chicago, with world-class public transit and very bikeable streets.
Transit
The park sits atop the commuter-rail Millennium Station and rail lines, plus its own 2,218-space parking garage.
Median home price
The median sale price in the Loop was about 427,000 dollars, up 6.1 percent year over year, around 404 dollars per square foot.
Lurie Garden
A 2.5-acre garden at the park's south end designed by GGN, Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel, the featured nature component of one of the world's largest green roofs.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Frank Gehry's bandshell has 4,000 fixed seats plus lawn seating for 7,000 and hosts the free Grant Park Music Festival.
What it’s actually like to live here
Millennium Park has free admission and is a year-round cultural hub. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is home to the Grant Park Music Festival, the nation's only remaining free, municipally supported outdoor classical music series. The park hosts free events all summer including a Summer Music Series and Summer Film Series on the Great Lawn, plus annual festivals such as the Chicago Blues Festival and Chicago Jazz Festival and free outdoor yoga, Pilates, Zumba, and tai chi classes. The free-admission McCormick Tribune Ice Rink operates in the shadow of The Bean in winter, and the BP Pedestrian Bridge connects the park to lakeside Maggie Daley Park.
The community around Millennium Park has become one of the most fashionable and desired residential addresses in Chicago, with upscale high-rises such as The Heritage at Millennium Park, Waterview Tower, The Legacy, and Joffrey Tower. Just northeast, the master-planned Lakeshore East development by Magellan spans 28 acres in the New Eastside and is planned for thousands of residences surrounding a 6-acre botanical park. The Loop is a Walker's Paradise with a Walk Score of 95, world-class transit, and very bikeable streets, so daily errands do not require a car. The median Loop home sells for about 427,000 dollars, roughly 404 dollars per square foot, with the world-class Art Institute of Chicago a short walk south across Monroe Street.
Around town
What there is to do in Millennium Park.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Culture
Cloud Gate (The Bean)
Anish Kapoor's mirror-polished, 168-plate stainless steel sculpture is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza and the park's signature photo spot. Visitors can walk under its 12-foot-high arch into the concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections.
- Culture
Crown Fountain
Jaume Plensa's two 50-foot glass-brick towers display LED video faces of Chicagoans that appear to spout water roughly every few minutes into a shallow black-granite reflecting pool. The water runs from spring to fall, weather permitting, and is a summer favorite for kids.
- Recreation
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Frank Gehry's stainless-steel bandshell seats 4,000 with lawn space for 7,000 more and hosts the free Grant Park Music Festival, the nation's only remaining free, municipally supported outdoor classical series. Its trellis-mounted sound system replicates an indoor concert-hall experience.
- Parks
Lurie Garden
This 2.5-acre perennial and native-prairie garden at the park's southern end was designed by GGN, Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel and sits atop one of the world's largest green roofs. Its diagonal boardwalk and limestone water seam trace a historic Lake Michigan seawall.
- Parks
Maggie Daley Park
Connected to Millennium Park by the BP Pedestrian Bridge, this Michael Van Valkenburgh-designed park has a quarter-mile ice-skating ribbon, rock-climbing walls, an extensive playground, and tennis and pickleball courts. It opened with a ribbon cutting on December 13, 2014.
- Culture
Art Institute of Chicago
Just south of Millennium Park across Monroe Street, this museum founded in 1879 is one of the oldest and largest in the United States, with a permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works. Highlights include Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte and Hopper's Nighthawks.
How Millennium Park got here
A bit of history.
From 1852 until 1997, the Illinois Central Railroad owned a right of way between downtown Chicago and Lake Michigan and used the area that became Millennium Park for rail yards and parking lots. When the city gained airspace rights over the tracks in 1997, it initially planned to build a parking facility, then realized a grand civic amenity could attract private donors that an ordinary parking structure could not. Planning began in October 1997 and construction in October 1998, with the overall design by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and additional architects and artists such as Frank Gehry brought in over time. Because the park sits atop parking garages, the Millennium Station commuter rail, and rail lines, it is considered the world's largest rooftop garden.
The park opened July 16, 2004, four years behind schedule, far exceeding its originally proposed budget of 150 million dollars; the final cost of 475 million dollars was borne by Chicago taxpayers and private donors, with the city paying 270 million dollars. Its four major artistic highlights are the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain, and the Lurie Garden. Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor's first United States public artwork, cost 23 million dollars, was inspired by liquid mercury, and was formally dedicated on May 15, 2006. The Crown Fountain, designed by Catalan artist Jaume Plensa, cost 17 million dollars and uses two 50-foot glass-brick towers with LED displays that appear to spout water from subjects' mouths.
The questions buyers actually ask
Millennium Park FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Millennium Park. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What kinds of homes are near Millennium Park and what do they cost?
- The district is dominated by upscale high-rise condominiums, with buildings such as The Heritage at Millennium Park, Waterview Tower, The Legacy, and Joffrey Tower. Just northeast, the master-planned Lakeshore East and New Eastside development adds thousands of high-rise residences. The median home sale price in the Loop was about 427,000 dollars, up 6.1 percent year over year, at roughly 404 dollars per square foot.
- How easy is it to get around and commute downtown from here?
- The Loop is the 5th most walkable neighborhood in Chicago with a Walk Score of 95, meaning daily errands do not require a car, and it has world-class public transit and very bikeable streets. Millennium Park sits directly atop the commuter-rail Millennium Station and active rail lines. Because it is in the heart of the Loop, the central business district is steps away.
- What is there to do at Millennium Park?
- The park offers Cloud Gate, also called The Bean, the interactive Crown Fountain, the Lurie Garden, and concerts at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Adjacent attractions include Maggie Daley Park's ice-skating ribbon and climbing walls, plus the Art Institute of Chicago to the south. In winter, the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink offers free-admission skating.
- Are there free events at Millennium Park?
- Yes. Millennium Park has free admission and hosts free programming all summer, including a Summer Music Series and Summer Film Series on the Great Lawn. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion hosts the free Grant Park Music Festival, the nation's only remaining free, municipally supported outdoor classical music series. The park also offers free outdoor yoga, Pilates, Zumba, and tai chi classes in summer.
- What is the neighborhood character around the park?
- The community around Millennium Park is one of the most fashionable and desired residential addresses in Chicago. It blends a major civic and tourist center, drawing 25 million visitors in 2017, with a dense, transit-rich Loop residential setting. The nearby Lakeshore East and New Eastside is a master-planned mixed-use community centered on a 6-acre botanical park.
- How much did the park cost to build?
- Millennium Park far exceeded its originally proposed budget of 150 million dollars, with a final cost of 475 million dollars. The City of Chicago paid 270 million dollars and private donors paid the rest, also assuming roughly half the responsibility for the cost overruns. Cloud Gate alone cost 23 million dollars and the Crown Fountain 17 million dollars.
- Who is the real estate agent for Millennium Park?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Millennium Park in Millennium Park, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Millennium Park specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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