Editing Grant Park (Chicago) (section)

===''Agora''===
''[[Agora (sculpture)|Agora]]'' (from Greek, for urban meeting place) is an installation of 106 headless, armless sculptures designed by the Polish artist [[Magdalena Abakanowicz]] in southwestern Grant Park near [[Roosevelt Road]]. The piece was brought to the park in 2006.<ref name="Agora">{{cite news |first=Noreen S. |last=Ahmed |title=Walking among iron giants; Gift to Grant Park 'not a decoration' |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 27, 2006 |page=1 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153422041.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106051942/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153422041.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref> The figures are {{cvt|9|ft|m}} tall and weigh approximately {{cvt|1800|lb}}. Each is made from a hollow, seamless piece of [[Weathering steel|weathering or COR-TEN® steel]], giving the pieces a reddish appearance and rough bark-like texture. The figures appear to be milling about in a crowd; some face each other, while others look away.<ref name="beyond">{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Herrmann |title=Grant Park art is 'beyond words': Some love, some hate headless, armless figures |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1154DEFC0BC2C9B8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106051951/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1154DEFC0BC2C9B8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |via=HighBeam Research |date=October 27, 2006 |page=6 |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref>