The view here is west from the Post Office along Canal Street, through which Congress Parkway passes. Construction on the Congress Expressway (later known as the Eisenhower Expressway), into which the parkway leads, began in 1949. Photographer: Mildred Mead Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-27308) http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10585.html

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In 1925 the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company worked at the intersection of South Water Street and Wabash Avenue to create the bi-level Wacker Drive.

Photographer: Chicago Architectural Photographic Co.
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37922)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11198.html

Statue of the Republic and Grand Basin, at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

Photographer: Unknown
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-02524)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3347.html

This photograph was taken in 1929, a year before the river-straightening project was completed. The view is from the south toward downtown, and at this point is it possible to see both the river's old path and its new one. The photograph also makes evident how much of the real estate in this area was devoted to railroad tracks and yards.

Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Company
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-05776)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10583.html

The view here is west from the Post Office along Canal Street, through which Congress Parkway passes. Construction on the Congress Expressway (later known as the Eisenhower Expressway), into which the parkway leads, began in 1949.

Photographer: Mildred Mead
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-27308)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10585.html

Cook County building demolition, Washington and Clark, 1904-5.

Photographer: Unknown
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37019)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3375.html

This 1918 photograph shows the approach to the Dearborn Street Bridge looking north across the Chicago River. Note both the horse drawn wagons and the electric streetcars in use.

Photographer: Unknown
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37375)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10800.html

As the Burnham Plan suggested, in the 1920s the city began to fill in land to develop Northerly Island. It was the first in an intended chain of connected islands to extend south to 51st Street. The goal was to create an area on the lakefront that could be used for water sports. In 1933 Northerly Island housed the botanical exhibit at the Century of Progress World's Fair. None of the other islands were ever developed.

Photographer: Unknown
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-31117)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10843.html

Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Co.
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-05798)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10645.html

The Chicago Historical Society was founded in 1856, but its first building and virtually all of its early collections were lost in the Great Chicago Fire. This structure, the Society's third home, was built on the same site as the first two, at the northwest corner of Dearborn and Ontario Streets. After the Chicago Historical Society moved to its current location at Clark Street and North Avenue in 1932, this building went through a series of owners and uses, though the original name remains inscribed in stone over the entrance.

Photographer: Barnes-Crosby
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-19139)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10590.html

The view here is west from the Post Office along Canal Street, through which Congress Parkway passes. Construction on the Congress Expressway (later known as the Eisenhower Expressway), into which the parkway leads, began in 1949.

Photographer: Mildred Mead
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-27308)

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10585.html

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