Panoramic View of Northerly Island, 2004

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The viewpoint here is looking south from the Adler Planetarium. Meigs Field, which occupied Northerly Island for fifty-five years, was shut down by the city of Chicago in 2003.

Photographer: Stefani Foster
Source: Northwestern University

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