The Empire State Building is apparently not happy with Chicago’s popular landmark, “The Bean,” and the New York City icon has made its thoughts known on social media.
respond Post to XWhen Twitter.com tweeted about The Bean’s official reopening nearly a year after a construction-related closure, the Empire State Building shared a clip of Wendy Williams on her show asking the audience to “clap if you care.”
This post elicited a lot of responses.
“Painful,” one user wrote.
“Beef I didn’t know I needed,” another person commented.
Others defended Chicago’s Cloud Gate with memes and GIFs.
“You know asbestos filled buildings don’t talk!” one user wrote.
After 10 months of construction, Chicago’s iconic “Bean” sculpture officially reopened in Millennium Park on Sunday.
According to officials: Around “The Bean” The building, officially known as “Cloud Gate,” opened to the public on Sunday morning after a lengthy construction project that began in August 2023.
According to city officials, the massive project includes a complete reconstruction of the podium around the sculpture, as well as installing new stairs and accessible ramps around the perimeter of the site and brand new paving materials. A new waterproofing system was also installed, according to a press release.
“The Bean” opened to the public in 2004 and underwent various finishing touches before being officially unveiled in 2006.
According to sculptor Anish Kapoor, whose design was chosen during the construction of Millennium Park, the design was inspired by liquid mercury, and its unique shape not only creates a reflection of the city skyline, but also shifts and casts multiple reflections of people walking beside or underneath it.
However, this is not the first time New York has targeted the building.
Last year, a smaller version of the Chicago sculpture “Cloud Gate” was unveiled in New York City, sparking comparisons and debate.
