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2. Jackson Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago.Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition.

3. Water cribs in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The water cribs in Chicago are structures built to house and protect offshore water intakes used to supply the City of Chicago with drinking water from Lake Michigan. Water is collected and transported through tunnels located close to 200 feet (61 m) beneath the lake, varying in shape from circular to oval, and ranging in diameter from 10 to 20 ...

4. Ice Chunks Undulate on Freezing Lake Michigan as Storm ... - AOL

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   Icy waves struck the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, on January 31, as cold weather continued to hit Illinois and other Midwestern states.Footage taken by Samuel Wood shows an icy Lake ...

5. Lake Calumet - Wikipedia

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   In 1861, the Lake Calumet region was mapped into Hyde Park Township, south of what was then the town of Chicago. In the 1880s, because the lake's Calumet River created shipping opportunities to connect into Lake Michigan, the swampy zone was rapidly filled and developed by industry. Hyde Park Township developed rapidly and was annexed into ...

6. List of beaches in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   By midcentury, much leisure shifted to Lake Michigan. The first City of Chicago Public Beach opened in Lincoln Park in 1895. [2] Today, the entire 28 miles (45 km) Chicago lakefront shoreline is reclaimed land, and primarily used for public parks. [3] In the parks, there are 24 sand beaches along the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan. [4]

7. Northerly Island - Wikipedia

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   Northerly Island (also Northerly Island Park) is a 119-acre (48 ha) human-made peninsula and park located on Chicago's Lake Michigan lakefront. [1] Originally constructed in 1925, Northerly Island was the former site of the Century of Progress world's fair and later Meigs Field airport and, since Meigs Field's closure, has been a recreational ...

8. List of Great Lakes museum and historic ships - Wikipedia

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   After 1970 the ship was saved as an attraction in Chicago. Later, she was moved to Hammond, IN, where the ship was going to be used as a casino. The Clipper was named a National Historic Landmark in 1989. The Clipper was brought back to Muskegon MI, in 1997 to be used as a museum and banquet/convention center where she sits today.

9. Lake Michigan High-Rises - Wikipedia

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   The Lake Michigan High-Rises, also known as Lakefront Homes, was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project in the North Kenwood–Oakland neighborhood located in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Constructed in 1962 and completed in 1963, The Lake Michigan High-Rises originally consisted of four 16-story ...