What happened—and what didn’t—as a result of the Plan of Chicago.
Congress Parkway
Arterial street widening
Civic Center
Chicago River straightening
Roosevelt Road
Grant Park
Northerly Island
New diagonal avenues
Consolidated railroad stations
Arterial street widening
Civic Center
Chicago River straightening
Roosevelt Road
Grant Park
Northerly Island
New diagonal avenues
Consolidated railroad stations
Two-level riverfront drives
Wacker Drive replaced the city’s produce market in 1926. An extension along the east bank of the South Branch opened in conjunction with the Eisenhower Expressway in the late 1950s. Similar drives along the facing riverbanks were never attempted, though space was left in front of Union Station and the Merchandise Mart.
Wacker Drive replaced the city’s produce market in 1926. An extension along the east bank of the South Branch opened in conjunction with the Eisenhower Expressway in the late 1950s. Similar drives along the facing riverbanks were never attempted, though space was left in front of Union Station and the Merchandise Mart.