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Touring Chicago's Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer PBS April 14, 2025 [View all]
If you love Chicago's lakefront, you might enjoy this 50 minute video on PBS, WTTW. I enjoyed learning about the 1893 World's fair held in Chicago and the Japanese garden built at Jackson Park. Also the story of Meig's Field airport landing
https://www.pbs.org/video/touring-chicagos-lakefront-7bh7wt/
Touring Chicago's Lakefront
After its people, Chicago’s lakefront is its greatest asset. But don’t take the lakefront for granted — it was by no means inevitable that Chicago’s crown jewel would end up so dazzling. This is the story of how the lakefront was envisioned, built, and defended. And how the struggle continues, under pressure from development and climate change.
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