New Eastside of Chicago - Community History....page 3 of 3
Looking North - 1977
Looking North from Van Buren
Looking West - 1972
Loading lumber --- after 1871
Monroe Surface Parking - Parade on Lake Shore Drive
Buidling Navy Pier - 1914
Outer Drive East in 1970 (built in 1961)
<-----Peristyle - 1929
Randolph and Michigan - 1917
Note Randolph Option (actually built at Wacker)---->
<----Peristyle
River Looking East - 1953
Undated
After 1955 - Prudential built
Approx. 1970
About 1970 - Lake Point Tower already built
too early
Ships at Navy Pier
Former Ship Docks overlay approx 1996
South Bank of Chicago River - approx 1951
Chicago River Crossing Options - Tunnel, Movable Bridge, or High Bridge
Dumping Soil from Chicago Tunnels under downtown area.
Van Buren Station - 1896
Page Visits
Corner of Randolph and Michigan in the 1950's
Current Cultural Center
(former library)
Lake Point Tower from shore of New Eastside in approx. 1969 (after ODE in 1961 and before Harbor Point in 1973)
Chicago Yacht Club
Lake Shore Drive
Naval Armory
Columbus
Randolph
Monroe
Art Institute
<----The "good 'ol days !!
Outer Drive East
ODE from Burnham Harbor
1949
Randolph Viaduct
over railroad tracks
Monroe
<-------Note: No Outer Drive bridge until 1937
Original Peristyle (new peristyle is 80% of size)
Chicago River
Randolph Viaduct
Michigan
Grain elevators on South bank of Chicago River
Lake Shore Drive S-Curve
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The following pictures were added in November, 2009
1907 - Chicago River from Rush Street Bridge
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Future New Eastside
Lake Street El crossing State Street - 1960
Fishing off the pier - before 1910
Grant Park Plaza (at Congress) Note Indian Chiefs not on Phinths.
1906 - Mouth of Chicago River - Randolph Viaduct over tracks
Future New Eastside
<--Randolph Viaduct over tracks
Future 195 Harbor at X
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Chicago Library - 1930
(future Cultural Center)
Original Concrete Peristyle (New peristyle is linestone and 80% the size)
1930 Traffic Jam on Michigan Ave. Bridge
1907 - Mont. Ward Head Office (tower)
1950 - United being fueled at Midway
...now Navy Pier
1966 Picture of Outer Drive East Apartments from former southbound lanes of Outer Drive (now Field Drive and Lakeshore East Park and Cancer Survivors Garden)
1940 (Outer Drive bridge was 3 years old)
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State Street looking north - 1910
Mandel Bros. on State Street - 1910
Service Tunnel System under Downtown Chicago (no longer used)
Wacker Drive Buildings - 1960
Wacker Drive Buildings - 1933
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