cities have admired the park as an example of successful urban planning. The mayor of Shanghai enjoyed his visit to the park, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wished his city could create a similar type of civic amenity. Closer to home, Blair Kamin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, concluded his 2004 review of Millennium Park with the following: "...a park provides a respite from the city, yet it also reflects the city. In that sense, all of Millennium Park mirrors the rebirth of Chicago ... the ambition of its patrons, the creativity of its artists and architects, and the ongoing miracle of its ability to transform a no place into a someplace that's extraordinary." In 2009 Millennium Park won the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal. In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, Millennium Park was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois) and was recognized by USA Today Travel magazine, as one of AIA Illinois' selections for Illinois 25 Must See Places. See also Architecture of Chicago List of concert halls List of contemporary amphitheatres Park conservancy Notes References External links Millennium Park Foundation Millennium Park map City of Chicago Loop Community Map Archive at Chicago TribuneArchive at Chicago Reader'' Millennium Park digital photographs at Chicago Public Library Millennium Park from satellite Millennium Park at Illinois Great Places Society of Architectural Historians SAH ARCHIPEDIA entry on Millennium Park 2004 establishments in Illinois Buildings and structures celebrating the third millennium Central Chicago Parks in Chicago Richard M. Daley Urban public parks Protected areas established in 2004