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Chicago Riverwalk as seen from Upper Wacker Drive looking down at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Chicago Riverwalk is a multi-use public open space located on the south bank of the main branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, extending from Lake Michigan and the Outer Drive Bridge westward to the Wolf Point area and Lake Street. [1]
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Off the Beaten Track is a British travel documentary show that aired on ITV from 1 November to 13 December 2013, presented by Christine Bleakley.. In the series, Bleakley "discovered Britain's hidden gems", by travelling to places that are not generally considered tourist attractions.
The Des Plaines River today is not the river as it was in, for example, 1673 when Jolliet and Marquette first passed through the Chicago Portage. During the period 1892-1900 the original channel of the river was straightened, cutting off the part that the Jolliet and Marquette party used to reach the west end of the portage. [15]
The Chicago Lakefront Trail (LFT [1]) is a 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) [2] partial shared-use path for walking, jogging, skateboarding, and cycling, located along the western shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. The trail passes through and connects Chicago's four major lakefront parks along with various beaches and recreational amenities.
The Bloomingdale Trail is a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) elevated rail trail linear park running east–west on the northwest side of Chicago.It is the longest greenway project of a former elevated rail line in the Western Hemisphere, and the second longest in the world, after the Promenade plantee linear park in Paris.
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).
The Chicago Park District maintains several beaches and also operates a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) all-concrete skatepark, just south of the 31st Street Beachhouse. [15] When U.S. President Barack Obama returned to visit his Chicago home in the Kenwood community area, he was transported by helicopter to a lawn landing in Burnham Park. [16] [17]