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During construction, 1915 (Chicago Daily News)Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. [5] Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett. [6]
November 2: Chicago Cubs win the world series. Navy Pier in 2017. 2017 January 21: Women's protest against U.S. president Trump. [73] City approves public high school "post-graduation plan" graduation requirement (to be effected 2020). [74] 2018 January 7: The Chi (TV Series) premieres on Showtime.
Navy Pier Auditorium Old Chicago and North Western Terminal c. 1912, soon after its completion Union Depot , 201 South Main Street, Leavenworth, Kansas , 1888 (with Cobb) [ 7 ] Chicago and North Western Railway Lake Front Depot , Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin , 1889, demolished 1968 [ 7 ]
Chicago has always played a prominent role in the development of skyscrapers and three past buildings have been the tallest building in the United States. Being the inventor of the skyscraper, Chicago went through a very early high-rise construction boom that lasted from the early 1920s to the late 1930s, during which nine of the city's 100 ...
1916 Navy Pier Auditorium, Charles Sumner Frost; 1917–1920 Michigan Avenue Bridge, Edward H. Bennett; 1917-1921 Basilica of St. Hyacinth 3636 West Wolfram Avenue, Worthmann & Steinbach; 1919-1924 Wrigley Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1921 Chicago Theatre, Beaux-Arts, Cornelius W. Rapp and George L. Rapp
Chicago musicians that have performed at Navy Pier include Chicago in '79 for ChicagoFest, Cheap Trick in '82, Buddy Guy in '93, Wilco in '95 (the year Navy Pier opened to the public), Milwaukee's BoDeans in '99, South Bend's Umphrey's McGee in '05 on the Skyline Stage, Local H in '14 in the Grand Ballroom, and Kaskade in '13. Other musicians ...
The east side of the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue is part of Streeterville, as are Navy Pier, the most visited attraction in Chicago, and the John Hancock Observatory, the eighth-most visited attraction in Chicago. [18] Aerial View of Navy Pier at Night. The area east of Michigan Avenue and north of the Chicago River had a split ...
Polk Bros Park is a 13-acre (5.3 ha) park at Chicago's Navy Pier. [1] [2] The park features the Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion, Polk Bros Fountain, and the Polk Bros Performance Lawns, a pair of lawns with stages called City Stage and Lake Stage.