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The Polk Bros Performance Lawns are a pair of lawns at the park's south end, with stages City Stage and Lake Stage. City Stage has steps to seat approximately 700–750 people, and faces west, and Lake Stage has an east-facing, sloping lawn which can accommodate approximately 1,700 people. [1] [2] The lawns are separated by a landscaped hilltop ...
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, commonly known as MPEA or McPier, [1] [2] is a corporation that owns Navy Pier and McCormick Place in Chicago.It also manages the city's collection of taxes for vehicles picking up passengers (including limousines, buses, airport shuttles, taxicabs and Uber/Lyft) for O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport.
Generally, the Chicago Harbor comprises the public rivers, canals, and lakes within the territorial limits of the City of Chicago and all connecting slips, basins, piers, breakwaters, and permanent structures therein for a distance of three miles from the shore between the extended north and south lines of the city. The greater Chicago Harbor ...
The Chicago Harbor Lock, also known as the Chicago River & Harbor Controlling Works, is a stop lock and dam located within the Chicago Harbor in Chicago, Illinois at the mouth of the Chicago River. It is a component of the Chicago Area Waterway System , and is used to control water diversion from Lake Michigan into the river and for navigation.
A new stainless steel bridge was lifted into place in May 2020, [3] and opened in October 2020. [4] There is a pier from which ferries (known as the Ullswater 'Steamers') provide connections to Glenridding and Howtown. Pooley Bridge was formerly known as Pooley or Pool How meaning the hill by the pool or stream.
After an unusually long delay, [11] United States Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar initiated transfer to the City of Chicago on February 24, 2009. [13] The city had designated the lighthouse a Chicago Landmark on April 9, 2003. [7] [14] The Lighthouse's "significant role in the development of Chicago" is commemorated in a relief ...
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, north of the Chicago River. It is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east, according to most sources, although the city of Chicago recognizes ...
State Street Bridge (Chicago) T. Taylor Street Bridge (Chicago) V. Van Buren Street Bridge (Chicago) W. Wabash Avenue Bridge; Washington Boulevard Bridge;