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Navy Pier

Index Navy Pier

Navy Pier is a pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. [1]

41 relations: Atlantic City, New Jersey, Bob Newhart, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Charles Sumner Frost, Chicago, Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago Tribune, ChicagoFest, Daniel Burnham, Divergent (film), Edward H. Bennett, Illinois, IMAX, James Corner, John Seward Johnson II, Lake Calumet, Lake Michigan, List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes, McCormick Place, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Midwestern United States, Navy Pier, Near North Side, Chicago, New York Daily News, Pier, Polk Brothers, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, Sol Polk, Streeterville, The Bob Newhart Show, The Color of Money, Time Out (magazine), United States Navy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Urban Land Institute, USS Chicago (CA-136), WBEZ, World War I, World War II.

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Bob Newhart

George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery.

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Burnham Plan of Chicago

The Burnham Plan is a popular name for the 1909 Plan of Chicago, co-authored by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett.

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Charles Sumner Frost

Charles Sumner Frost (May 31, 1856 – December 11, 1931) was an American architect.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Children's Museum

The Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is a non-profit, professional theater company located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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ChicagoFest

ChicagoFest was the world's largest music festival sponsored by the city of Chicago, started in 1978 by Mayor Michael Bilandic that reopened Navy Pier resulting in the venue becoming Chicago's leading tourism destination.

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Daniel Burnham

Daniel Hudson Burnham, (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.

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Divergent (film)

Divergent is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth.

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Edward H. Bennett

Edward Herbert Bennett (1874–1954) was an architect and city planner best known for his co-authorship of the 1909 Plan of Chicago.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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IMAX

IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras, film formats and film projectors.

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James Corner

James Corner is a landscape architect and theorist whose works exhibit a focus on "developing innovative approaches toward landscape architectural design and urbanism." His designs of note include Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island and the High Line in Manhattan, and Domino Park in Brooklyn, all in New York City.

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John Seward Johnson II

John Seward Johnson II (born 16 April 1930), also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, is an American artist known for his trompe l'oeil painted bronze statues.

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Lake Calumet

Lake Calumet is the largest body of water within the city of Chicago.

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Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States.

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List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes

This is a list of bus routes operated by the Chicago Transit Authority.

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McCormick Place

McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America.

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Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, commonly known as MPEA, is a corporation that owns Navy Pier and McCormick Place in Chicago.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Navy Pier

Navy Pier is a pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan.

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Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City.

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Pier

Seaside pleasure pier in Brighton, England. The first seaside piers were built in England in the early 19th century. A pier is a raised structure in a body of water, typically supported by well-spaced piles or pillars.

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Polk Brothers

Polk Brothers was a large home appliance and electronics retailer in Chicago, Illinois that had 17 stores in the region at its peak in the 1980s.

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Saint Lawrence Seaway

The Saint Lawrence Seaway (la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as the western end of Lake Superior.

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Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows was an exhibition that opened in February 2000 at Chicago’s Navy Pier entertainment complex.

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Sol Polk

Sol Polk (May 14, 1917-May 15, 1988) was an American businessman and co-founder of appliance retailer Polk Brothers.

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Streeterville

Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, north of the Chicago River.

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The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American sitcom produced by MTM Enterprises that aired on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978, with a total of 142 half-hour episodes spanning over six seasons.

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The Color of Money

The Color of Money is a 1986 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Richard Price, based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis.

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Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a British travel magazine published by Time Out Group.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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University of Illinois at Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Urban Land Institute

The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a nonprofit research and education organization with offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, London, and Frankfurt.

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USS Chicago (CA-136)

USS Chicago (CA-136) was a heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

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WBEZ

WBEZ is a nonprofit public radio station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Pier

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