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The Bean

Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza at in the community area of .
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  • Email: dcase@cityofchicago.org
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: public art sculpture in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Chicago Bean” and “Cloud Gate”
  • Roof shape: dome
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Millennium Park and Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

Park
Photo: Alhill42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a public park in the of , Illinois, United States, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Theater building
Photo: Andreborgeslopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Pritzker Pavilion or Pritzker Music Pavilion, is a bandshell in in the of in , United States. is situated 500 feet northeast of The Bean.

Ice rink
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink or McCormick Tribune Plaza is a multi-purpose venue within in the of , Illinois, in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewelers Row District and Loop.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district in the community area of Chicago, Illinois in the . Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…

Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the central business district of , bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Neighborhood
Photo: puroticorico, CC BY 2.0.
Printers Row, also known as Printing House Row, is a Chicago neighborhood located in . The area of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B.

The Bean

Latitude
41.88269° or 41° 52′ 58″ north
Longitude
-87.62334° or 87° 37′ 24″ west
Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)
Height
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
86HJV9MG+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137060274
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­dome
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12032403
Wiki­data ID
Q589099
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Satellite Map

Discover The Bean from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“The Bean” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوابة السحاب”
  • Armenian: “Կլաուդ Գեյտ”
  • Asturian: “Cloud Gate”
  • Basque: “Cloud Gate”
  • Belarusian: “Клаўд Гейт”
  • Bengali: “ক্লাউড গেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Облачната врата”
  • Catalan: “Cloud Gate”
  • Chinese: “雲門”
  • Czech: “Cloud Gate”
  • Dutch: “Cloud Gate”
  • Finnish: “Cloud Gate”
  • Finnish: “Pilviportti”
  • Finnish: “The Bean”
  • French: “Cloud Gate”
  • German: “Cloud Gate”
  • Hebrew: “שער העננים”
  • Hungarian: “Cloud Gate”
  • Italian: “Cloud Gate”
  • Japanese: “クラウド・ゲート”
  • Japanese: “ザ・ビーン”
  • Korean: “클라우드 게이트”
  • Lithuanian: “Debesų vartai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cloud Gate”
  • Norwegian: “Cloud Gate”
  • Persian: “دروازه ابر”
  • Polish: “Cloud Gate”
  • Portuguese: “Cloud Gate”
  • Russian: “Клауд-Гейт”
  • Spanish: “Cloud Gate”
  • Swedish: “Cloud Gate”
  • Telugu: “క్లూడ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Хмарна брама”
  • Ukrainian: “Хмарні ворота”
  • Uzbek: “Klaud-Geyt”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Bean”. Photo: Raymonst, CC BY-SA 3.0.