| 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. Navy Pier encompasses over 50 acres (20 ha) of parks, gardens, shops, restaurants, family attractions and exhibition facilities and is one of the top destinations in the Midwestern United States, drawing nearly two million visitors annually. It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwest and is Chicago’s most visited tourist attraction. |
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Family entertainment
The Crystal Gardens – an indoor, one‐acre, botanical garden
Watching pretzel making
Strolling on the pier (note the t-shirts and shorts)
Pleasure cruises on Lake Michigan
View back to Downtown Chicago
Looking back towards the Magnificent Mile with the John Hancock Center in the centre (more photos from the top are featured on Downtown Chicago page)
East End Plaza with ‘Chicago Anchor’ in the centre
Grand Ballroom
Dreilhous Gallery of Stained Glass
Hmm, boat scurriying back as storm warning broadcast – all pier vistors told to go indoors
Storm cometh!
Big time storm!
And it all blew over within an hour – unlike England when it would have lasted a week!
The show must go on!
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