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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]
The Navy Pier in Chicago offers more than a place to catch fish. Year-round fun for the entire family includes shows, attractions, rides, games and theaters. Construction began more than 90 years ...
The park has hosted concerts, [3] film screenings, [12] and other events, such as fitness classes, [13] ice cream socials, [14] public art exhibitions, [15] [16] and Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Shakespeare in the Park series. [17] The space has been considered to host Taste of Chicago. [18] In 2022, the park hosted a pop-up Pixar-themed mini ...
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]
Jane Addams Memorial Park is a public park in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located near Navy Pier, the park is named after Jane Addams, [1] the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. [2] The park has featured a monument designed by Louise Bourgeois. [3] [4]
As required by the city of Chicago for any new riverfront building, the developer was required to set aside part of the lot size for public park space; 75 percent of the project site is reserved for a public park, amphitheater, and riverwalk. [3] The site is built with air rights over tracks that carry Metra and Amtrak trains into Chicago Union ...
The Chickahominy is an 87-mile-long (140 km) [1] river in eastern Virginia. The river, which serves as the eastern border of Charles City County , rises about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Richmond and flows southeast and south to the James River .
A 1.2-acre (0.49 ha) riverfront park and riverwalk, along a 500-foot (150 m) space in the area adjacent to the building to the east, [10] [12] was opened in the first half of 2010. [13] The park facilitates public assembly and entertainment activity while linking the building effectively with river commuters. [14]