“The Americanos” are Coming!

To create the next issue of the SQ, our stories have taken us to Illinois (Chicago), New York, Miami, and inside—the Palau Maricel here in Sitges. Here’s a quick glance of some of the places where we researched in order to bring our features to life…

Miami:

Vizcaya is an Italian-inspired villa and gardens, begun in 1910 and completed in 1916. Built by James Deering in a Mediterranean Revival style; today operates as a museum. Upon his death, James Deering left Vizcaya to his half-brother Charles also left his collection to him and his daughters, who donated several of these works to the Art Institute of Chicago. By this time, Charles had left Sitges and his Palau Maricel to create his Florida estate, the Deering Estate at Cutler.

Vizcaya, Miami, Florida

The Stone House
The Deering Estate at Cutler

New York City:

The New York City Freedom Tower stands 541.3248 metres tall (1,776 feet) on the site of the former World Trade Centre. It serves as a beacon of freedom, and demonstrates the resolve of the United States, and the people of New York City.

We researched at the New York Public Library… in particular, the Catalan newspaper published in New York from 1874 until May 1881, La Llumanera de Nova York.

Chicago:

The 24½-acre Millennium Park, which encompasses the Frank Gehry-designed Pritzker Pavilion, ranks among the city's top three tourist attractions.

In the Millennium Park, Chicago

“Cloud Gate” sculptor Anish Kapoor has created a work of art that reflects the splendour that is the Chicago skyline, playing with the light and the sky. It is elegant—balanced on its ends and without any colour of its own. It is interactive art, letting the viewer become part of it with simple acts of walking and turning, changing the visual reflection presented by the sculpture.

The Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor
Millennium Park, Chicago

Barcelona born artist, Jaume Plensa has created four monumental heads for the 10th anniversary of Chicago's Millennium Park, through December 2015. Also in the park is his white head sculpture, Look into My Dreams, Awilda.

Barcelona Artist, Jaume Plensa

Look into My Dreams, Awilda. 

Note: 

Mr. Plensa's original contribution to the park, "Crown Fountain," two 50-foot-tall glass-lined towers at opposite ends of a shallow pool that project video images of 1,000 Chicago residents. "I'm trying always to create a place where people could meet and share dreams," he said. "And I probably could not find a better landscape for that to happen than the human body”. WSJ.com