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The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) is a project of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.Founded by Earth Institute director Professor Jeffrey Sachs in 2006, MCI aims to assist through research and policy analysis selected mid-sized cities across sub-Saharan Africa, located near Millennium Villages, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). [1]
The pavilion's second floor has the Chicago Shop, which offers a self-guided Millennium Park audio tour for rental and sells official Millennium Park and Chicago souvenirs. [32] The two-story Northeast Pavilion is the second-largest, with 4,100 square feet (380 m 2 ) of surface area, [ 5 ] and also has 460 photovoltaic modules to generate ...
Lurie Garden is a 2.5-acre (10,000 m 2) garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.Designed by GGN (Gustafson Guthrie Nichol), Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel, [3] it opened on July 16, 2004.
Millennium Centre is a postmodern [1] skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois in the city's Near North Side neighborhood. The building rises 610 feet (186 m). [ 2 ] It contains 59 floors, [ 1 ] and was completed in 2003.
The Millennium Monument is a tribute to the individual, corporate and foundation benefactors of Millennium Park. [12] The pedestal of the peristyle is inscribed with the names of the 115 financial donors (including Oprah Winfrey ) who made the 91 contributions of at least $1 million each to help pay for Millennium Park. [ 15 ]
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.
The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES, pronounced / ˈ aɪ s iː z /), formerly known as the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), consists of two institutions located at Columbia University.
Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) section of northwestern Grant Park .