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Proposal for an unrealized amphitheater in Grant Park, 1940’s, Chicago

Proposal for an unrealized amphitheater in Grant Park, 1940’s, Chicago

Looking north from the Field Museum, 1943, Chicago

Looking north from the Field Museum, 1943, Chicago

Grant Park, 1951, Chicago. Ralph Crane

Grant Park, 1951, Chicago. Ralph Crane

Procession to the newly completed Field Museum, May 1921, Chicago

Procession to the newly completed Field Museum, May 1921, Chicago

Spring garden in Grant Park, 1941, Chicago

Spring garden in Grant Park, 1941, Chicago

Skyline from the Museum Campus, 1947, Chicago

Skyline from the Museum Campus, 1947, Chicago

Looking north from the Museum Campus, 1932, Chicago.

Looking north from the Museum Campus, 1932, Chicago.

Looking south on Michigan Ave to Randolph St. and Grant Park (Kodachrome long exposure at dusk), 1944, Chicago. Photographer unknown.

Looking south on Michigan Ave to Randolph St. and Grant Park (Kodachrome long exposure at dusk), 1944, Chicago. Photographer unknown.

Taxi carriages waiting for passengers outside the Illinois Central RR Station, Michigan Ave at 12th (now Roosevelt), 1895, Chicago. Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Instiute of Chicago

Taxi carriages waiting for passengers outside the Illinois Central RR Station, Michigan Ave at 12th (now Roosevelt), 1895, Chicago.

Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Instiute of Chicago

Looking south west at Michigan Ave and Grant Park, 1957, Chicago.

Looking south west at Michigan Ave and Grant Park, 1957, Chicago.

The Rosenberg Fountain, Michigan Ave and 11th, 1893, Chicago.

The Rosenberg Fountain, Michigan Ave and 11th, 1893, Chicago.

North to Grant Park from the Field Museum, 1944, Chicago

North to Grant Park from the Field Museum, 1944, Chicago

Visitors to the Columbian Exposition could depart from Grant Park at Van Buren and Michigan Ave, via train or boat, 1893, Chicago.

The first photo is the train terminal at Van Buren and the second is the pier at Van Buren.

Crowd gathers on Michigan Ave to watch a fire at the Congress Hotel, 1961, Chicago

Crowd gathers on Michigan Ave to watch a fire at the Congress Hotel, 1961, Chicago

Looking south on Michigan Ave from Adams, 1889, Chicago. The Interstate Exposition Building is on the left, which would be replaced by the Art Institute in 1893. Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago

Looking south on Michigan Ave from Adams, 1889, Chicago.

The Interstate Exposition Building is on the left, which would be replaced by the Art Institute in 1893.

Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago