Wikipedia's first sentence called it “completed as part of millennium park in downtown chicago”. Today it says “american businessman and member of the pritzker family”.
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Jay Arthur Pritzker (26 August 1922 - 23 January 1999) was an American entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer. Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois , the son of Fanny Doppelt and A. His brother was Robert Pritzker . He was the father of Dan Pritzker . Trained as a lawyer, he early diversified the Chicago-based family business, the Marmon Group , into lumber . With his brother Robert Pritzker , he built a portfolio of 60 diversified industrial corporations. He created the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1957 with his brother Donald Pritzker and owned Braniff Airlines from 1983–1988. In 1979 he established the Pritzker Architecture Prize . In 2004, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion , designed by architect Frank Gehry , was completed as part of Millennium Park in downtown Chicago .1
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Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American entrepreneur , conglomerate organizer, and member of the Pritzker family .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American entrepreneur , conglomerate organizer, and member of the Pritzker family .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Cofounder of Hyatt Hotels Corp This article is about the co-founder of Hyatt. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American entrepreneur, conglomerate organizer, and member of the Pritzker family .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Cofounder of Hyatt Hotels Corp This article is about the co-founder of Hyatt. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American businessman and member of the Pritzker family . He was a founder of the Hyatt Corporation , having purchased the first Hyatt Hotel in 1957, and was responsible for the corporation's evolution into a multinational hospitality conglomerate.
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completed as part of millennium park in downtown chicago
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american businessman and member of the pritzker family
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