Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Shore Development), 1931

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Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (Shore Development), 1931

The Plan of Chicago recommended that a series of islands be constructed along the lakeshore north of downtown. Here that idea is combined with the proposed development of the Outer Drive between Foster Street and Bryn Mawr Avenue.

Creator: Chicago Plan Commission
Source: Art Institute of Chicago

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