Navy Pier
Place 4 of 5Illinois, USA

Navy Pier

Navy Pier emblem

The history

Built in 1916 as a municipal pier, now the lakefront landmark with a 196-ft Ferris wheel modeled on the first one, built for Chicago's 1893 World's Fair.

In brief

Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long (1,010 m) pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The pier encompasses over 50 acres (20 ha) of shops, restaurants, live theaters, family attractions, parks, gardens, and exhibition facilities. Navy Pier is one of the top destinations in the Midwestern United States, drawing over nine million visitors annually. It is one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States, and is Chicago's second most visited tourist attraction.

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Then & now

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1958 — Toward Navy Pier from Planetarium Drive Chicago (4109853751) · Wikimedia Commons
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Where it is

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