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An eight-week construction project on DuSable Lake Shore Drive began Monday, prompting lane closures and traffic disruptions for commuters.
Lake Shore Drive (officially Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive; [2] [3] also known as DuSable Lake Shore Drive, [4] the Outer Drive, [5] the Drive, LSD or DLSD) is a semi-limited access expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan and its adjacent parkland and beaches in Chicago, Illinois.
Following the construction of the original jetty for the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, lake currents were affected and soil was deposited at the area now known as DuSable Park. [1] In 1857, the State of Illinois sold 40 acres (160,000 m 2 ), including the site later to be known as DuSable Park, to the Chicago Dock and Canal Trust. [ 1 ]
In a compromise, aldermen voted to rename one of the city's iconic roads to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive. DuSable, a native of Haiti, is considered Chicago’s first permanent, non ...
The Outer Drive Bridge, also known as the Link Bridge, is a double-deck bascule bridge carrying DuSable Lake Shore Drive across the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Construction was started in 1929 and was completed in 1937 as one of the Public Works Administration's infrastructure projects in Chicago. Completion of the bridge ...
CHICAGO — Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive it is. Or rather, will soon be. Two years after a South Side alderman introduced an ordinance to rebrand the landmark Chicago Lake Shore ...
400 Lake Shore is a building under construction in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, on the site of the previously proposed Chicago Spire development. Its plan features two connected towers with a height of 875 feet (267 m) for the northern tower, and 765 feet (233 m) for the southern tower.
Andrea Navos biked 30 miles Sunday morning alongside her family down DuSable Lake Shore Drive, glimpsing views of Lake Michigan and the downtown Chicago skyline. It was an important milestone for ...