Summary
In the influential 1909 Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett proposed two recreational piers for the city's lakefront. Only one was built-Municipal Pier #2 was renamed Navy Pier in 1927. Constructed in 1916, the 3,000-foot-long pier, which sits on 20,000 wood pilings, served as a cargo facility and a docking place for passenger excursion steamers. With its lake breezes, it was also a popular gathering place for Chicagoans seeking to escape the summer heat. In 1918, the pier was used as a temporary jail. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was the location of one of the city's traffic courts. During World War II, the U.S. Navy had a training facility on the pier. From 1946 to 1965, it was the Chicag...
In the influential 1909 Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett proposed two recreational piers for the city's lakefront. Only one was built-Municipal Pier #2 was renamed Navy Pier in 1927. Constructed in 1916, the 3,000-foot-long pier, which sits on 20,000 wood pilings, served as a cargo facility and a docking place for passenger excursion steamers. With its lake breezes, it was also a popular gathering place for Chicagoans seeking to escape the summer heat. In 1918, the pier was used as a temporary jail. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was the location of one of the city's traffic courts. During World War II, the U.S. Navy had a training facility on the pier. From 1946 to 1965, it was the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois, where more than 100,000 students attended classes before the school moved to the Near West Side. For the next four decades, the pier was all but abandoned, little used except from 1978 to 1983, when it was the annual site of ChicagoFest, a popular summer music festival. In 1995, after a four-year, $150 million renovation, the pier was reopened as the city's new playground, featuring a 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel, an outdoor stage, the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, shops, restaurants and exhibition halls. It draws 8.6 million visitors a year.
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Lakefront hot spots
RedEyeRedEye's Tracy Swartz walked the entire lakefront trail and picked out hot spots. The map and corresponding pictures show these must-see locations. 1. Most tranquil: The Peace Garden by Montrose Avenue 2. Bottlenecked: Foster Avenue 3. In a jam:...Tags: Lake Shore Drive, Beach Vacations, Jennifer Aniston, Soldier Field, Montrose
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Play dates
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. Classes Candlelight Pilates: A weekly class includes mat exercises and music; open end. 6 p.m. Fri.; $18. Frog Temple, 1749 N. Damen Ave., 2nd fl.;773-489-0890. Margaritas 101:...Tags: Lake Shore Drive, Starbucks Corporation, Palace Theater, Music Theater, Marc Chagall
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This week's deals
The Washington PostThe week's best travel bargains around the globe: Adventure Life is offering discounts of $750 per person on a Galapagos Islands cruise. The deal applies to the Aug. 6 departure of the Monserrat I. Price now starts at $1,995 per person double for a...Tags: Magnificent Mile, Tourism and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations, State Budgets, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Genuine Risk first finisher in 100th Mac
Chicago Tribune news servicesMACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — At least 95 of the 434 boats that started the the Chicago Yacht Club's 100th Race to Mackinac have crossed the finish line. Genuine Risk was first to finish the 333-mile course up Lake Michigan at 1:18 a.m. Monday with a... -
West Michigan man lands role in ``The Dark Knight''
The Muskegon ChronicleSettling into the realities of a Chicago actor's life, Andy Luther figured it was just another audition. The 1991 North Muskegon High School graduate's agent sent Luther to the office of a Chicago cable television company, to read for something called...Tags: New York, Spencer Tracy, Film Festivals, Academic Progress, Celebrity
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July 21-25
Monday, July 21 Willy Wonka Through August 17 Navy Pier www.chicagoshakes.com 312.595.5600 Text AROUND to 97999 for info Tuesday, July 22 Wednesday, July 23 America Legoland Discovery Center Streets of Woodfield Schaumburg www.... -
Fans flock to 'Knight' Rock on, readers Pitchfork Festival highlights
Read Greg Kot's blog chicagotribune.com/turnitup and a review in Monday's Tempo section. Fans show up in costume at Navy Pier's IMAX theater to see the midnight premiere of the new Batman movie. PAGE 14 Julia Keller writes about music, literature...Tags: IMAX, Batman
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Sailors begin 100th Race to Mackinac
Sailors are a hearty bunch. That's according to Celeste Johnson, spokeswoman for the Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac, who says Saturday's rain didn't put a damper on the race's start. The last of the 439 boats had left Chicago by Saturday...Tags: Michigan
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Coldplay
United Center, 1901 W. Madison St.; 312-559-1212. Brian Eno specializes in reinvention, but on "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," the producer merely spruces up the U.K. quartet's world-conquering sound. This is a band just about out of...Tags: Roald Dahl, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Ravinia Festival, IMAX, Millennium Park
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