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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]
program: "This memorial is dedicated to veterans from all branches of the armed services who served in Vietnam. It replaces the former Vietnam Memorial located on Wacker Drive that was dedicated on November 11, 1982. The inscribed stones from that memorial have been incorporated into the plaza of this memorial." [1]
The National Veterans Art Museum, formerly the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, located at 4041 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's six corners neighborhood, is dedicated to displaying and studying art produced by veterans from the Vietnam War and other wars and conflicts. Originally a traveling exhibition, while in Chicago it was viewed by ...
NRHP reference No. 10000311. Added to NRHP. June 3, 2010. West Argyle Street Historic District (also known as Little Saigon, [1] New Chinatown, and Asia on Argyle) is a historic district in northern Uptown, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 2010. The community covers an area of about 41 ...
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas.Located at the center of downtown Chicago [3] on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan.
William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres (230 ha) in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. [1] The area includes 419 acres (170 ha) of water in Wolf Lake that provides about 6 miles (10 km) of ...
The North Shore Channel is a 7.7 mile long channel built between 1907 and 1910 to increase the flow of North Branch of the Chicago River so that it would empty into the South Branch and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. [1] Its water is generally taken from Lake Michigan to flow into the canal at Wilmette Harbor.
312 RiverRun is a Chicago public hiking area along the Chicago River. [1] The development is a further move toward Chicago's goal of having a continuous pedestrian path along the entire riverfront. [2] It connects three parks with one two-mile-long bike and pedestrian path. [3] The park project receives funding from organizations including the ...