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Exploring an iconic sculptural bridge pathway

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Exploring an iconic sculptural bridge pathway

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- We're still in Millenium Park, having just done Cloud Gate, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and now we're on the BP Bridge which is a Frank Gehry-designed structure. This is the first bridge that he's ever completed and it was done in 2004. Now, a couple days ago, I had the chance to come and scout this bridge, and you know, it's incredibly long, so it was a lot of fun just checking different angles. (camera shutter click) It's an S-curved bridge. It very much resembles a snake or a winding river and trying to kind of use different positions to get that curve (camera shutter click) into the shot is very cool. We also crossing over the freeway. It's just a really interesting bridge. But, you know what's kind of the best view? Is from above. Now, while I'm down here, I'm going to do everything I can to make an image, but I tell you, afterwards we're going to go up to the 71st floor of the Aon Center. And what I'm really hoping for is to get a top-down view to really illustrate the snake or…

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