Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (South Water Street), 1917

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Plan of Chicago Promotional Campaign (South Water Street), 1917

A remarkably prescient view of how the conversion of crowded South Water Street into what would become double-level Wacker Drive would open up the riverfront.

Creator: Chicago Plan Commission
Source: Art Institute of Chicago

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