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Work began on the redevelopment plan, called The Centennial Vision, during the winter of 2013–2014. [13] [14] The purpose of the plan is to fulfill the mission to keep Navy Pier as a world-class public space and to renovate the pier so it will have more evening and year-round entertainment and more compelling landscape and design features. [15]
A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.
City of Chicago Website. Community Areas Map, January 2017; Community Maps; Interactive Chicago Neighborhood Map; Neighborhoods Map at the Wayback Machine (archived June 25, 2013) Chicago Neighborhood Research Guide at the Newberry Library; Historic neighborhood images from Chicago Collections
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Downtown Chicago, Illinois, has some double-decked and a few triple-decked streets immediately north and south of the Main Branch and immediately east of the South Branch of the Chicago River. The most famous and longest of these is Wacker Drive, which replaced the South Water Street Market upon its 1926 completion. [1]
The name "The 78" refers to the existing 77 community areas in Chicago and the mega-development is to increase that number by one. [2] Related Midwest will develop the site, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the project's master plan. [2] Related Midwest acquired the land in 2016. [3] [4]
The master plan won the 2002 American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. [2] The park was honored as the Best New Park in Chicago by Chicago magazine and the city’s Best New Open Space by the Friends of Downtown. [35] The master plan, the park and several individual buildings have won numerous other ...
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