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Like the monolith in Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s monumental film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, “Cloud Gate” looks like an alien object dropped onto a terrestrial landscape (not the African Savannah, but rather into Chicago’s Millennium Park). This gleaming, silver, kidney bean shaped object (33’ tall; 110 tons) was created by British Artist Anish Kapoor.   Crafted of stainless steel, “Cloud Gate‘s” surface reflects Chicago’s magnificent skyline and the faces of hundreds of curious onlookers (including your humble narrator’s) who are drawn to it (as was Moonwatcher to the monolith).  It’s a captivating and interesting object that seems as probable an intergalactic portal as …

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