Navy Pier
| Navy Pier | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 Navy Pier in Chicago |
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| location | Chicago , Cook County , Illinois | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 53 '29.8 " N , 87 ° 36' 5.1" W | ||
| Built | 1916 | ||
| architect | Daniel Burnham and others | ||
| NRHP number | 79000825 | ||
| The NRHP added | September 13, 1979 | ||
The Navy Pier is an approximately one kilometer long pier in Lake Michigan in the Near North Side , a district of Chicago . The pier was built in 1916 at a cost of $ 4,500,000. It was part of the Burnham plan developed by architect and city planner Daniel Burnham . The pier was planned and built as Municipal Pier # 2 . The Navy Pier was initially used for cargo handling for Great Lakes ships and as a warehouse. Excursion boats also docked there. Even then, parts of the pier were used for local recreation with playgrounds, leisure facilities with picnic areas, restaurants and a dance hall.
Today, Navy Pier is the biggest tourist attraction in Chicago and is home to, among others, the Chicago Childrens Museum , an IMAX movie theater and the 47.5-meter-high Ferris wheel Ferris Wheel . On September 13, 1979, Navy Pier was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Navy Pier releases plans for improving top tourist attraction. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .
- ^ History of Chicago's Navy Pier Ferris Wheel. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .
- ^ Municipal Pier in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 11, 2017.