Cultural Earth, 2002
Peter Lindsay Schaudt
Soldier Field Children’s Garden, northeast of Soldier Field
1410 S Museum Campus
Drive
When
Soldier Field was rehabilitated, landscape architect Peter Lindsay Schaudt was
brought in to enhance Chicago's lakefront green spaces
surrounding the football stadium. One portion of the $681 million
Burnham Park project includes a children’s garden that relates to the three
nearby museums: Field Museum of Natural History, Shedd Aquarium and Adler
Planetarium.
A
giant Styrofoam ball was encased in concrete and is covered with 100 historic,
scientific and archeological symbols, including Aztec and Egyptian symbols as
well as seahorses, woolly mammoth and the Milky Way. Although the piece is
larger than an adult, it has a child-sized tunnel. The work sits on a path
which is laid out like a nautilus and leads to other playground equipment such
as the spider web-like jungle gym. From the pathway, it is possible to see
Cultural Earth line up with the Adler Planetarium. Schaudt admitted during an
interview with the Chicago Tribune that it was a "wonderful surprise"
that he realized only after the park was nearly complete.
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