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Chicago’s Navy Pier named among Top 31 boardwalks for food
Those list masters at thedailymeal.com have done it again: They’ve included a Chicago icon among their list of the Top 31 best boardwalks for food. Chicago’s Navy Pier lands at the No. 13 spot on the...
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Shakespeare Theater announces $35 million expansion on Navy Pier
The Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Wednesday announced a $35 million expansion project on Navy Pier. The project transform the theater’s “neighbor” — the white-tented, open-air Skyline Stage — into The...
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Ride-hailing drivers owe city $15M, fueling demands for licensing
Uber and Lyft drivers owe Chicago taxpayers $15 million — for unpaid parking tickets, red-light and speed camera fines and overdue water bills — fueling demands to require them to get chauffeur’s...
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Hillary Clinton in Chicago for fundraiser today
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton touched down in Chicago on Monday for a fundraiser on Navy Pier, a few hours before she hits Wisconsin for a multi-city swing in advance of its primary April 5. Clinton was...
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Body of missing 21-year-old woman pulled from Lake Michigan
A body pulled from Lake Michigan near Navy Pier Saturday afternoon has been identified as a 21-year-old woman who was reported missing more than a month ago. The Chicago Police Marine Unit responded to...
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Navy Pier to get a hotel
Add hotel destination to the list of identities Navy Pier has taken on since Chicago’s famous lakefront attraction was built 100 years ago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that construction of the...
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Navy Pier Ferris wheel has a name: Centennial Wheel
Brian Murphy admits he’ll be on edge when the machine he’s fretted over for months finally opens to the public May 27 — even though the basic technology behind it dates back to the 1890s. “There’s...
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Roeper: First ride on Navy Pier’s bigger, smoother Ferris wheel
What goes around comes around — and around, and around one more time. If you took a ride on the “old” Navy Pier Ferris wheel during its illustrious 20-year run, you got one rotation and one rotation...
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Photos: Navy Pier’s new Centennial Wheel
Richard Roeper gets an early look at Navy Pier’s new Centennial Wheel.
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Navy Pier’s new Centennial Wheel spins into motion
Victoria Foster, a 54-year-old from Fresno, California, conquered her fear of heights as one of the first passengers of the Centennial Wheel, a new Ferris wheel that opened to the public Friday at Navy...
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Power outage stalls Navy Pier’s new Ferris wheel on opening day
Navy Pier’s new Ferris Wheel opened to the public Friday morning to great fanfare and an electrical glitch — some 100 people got stuck airborne for about 30 minutes after a power outage Friday night....
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Andy Shaw: Navy Pier should quit hiding how it spends tax money
Follow @andyshawbga We kicked off our long-awaited summer season over Memorial Day weekend. Finally! And Navy Pier, Illinois’ most popular tourist attraction, celebrated its centennial anniversary. It...
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Chicago Maritime Museum: Thoughts on beginning of permanent home
Sitting on the east shore of Bubbly Creek may be a small beginning for the new permanent location for the Chicago Maritime Museum, but it is a good location. For now. I think the museum will eventually...
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America’s Cup fits Chicago’s history as connected to water
When the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series sails into history next weekend, it will fit the watery past of Chicago and, in a rarity for international sporting events, may leave lasting economic...
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Navy Pier to open outdoor summer ice skating rink Friday
Navy Pier is opening an unusual attraction this summer: a new outdoor ice skating rink. The temporary “Skate by the Lake” rink is set to open Friday in the new Polk Bros Park at the main entrance to...
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Setting the course: America’s Cup World Series Chicago
It’s not often freshwater and iPads make firsts together. But then the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago this weekend is different. For the first time, a venue for the oldest trophy in...
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Navy Pier’s new rink makes ice skating a summer sport
It was 91 degrees Friday, but that didn’t stop people at Navy Pier from strapping on skates to try out the new outdoor ice rink. “People still don’t believe it’s real ice,” said Zoran Bendicak, the ice...
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Guide to Chicago’s urban wilds: America’s Cup visitor or local
I understand those who carry on about being too cool for Navy Pier. However, I like the place and for more than mornings of perch fishing each winter. Once or twice a year, I end up there with my wife...
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Air out of sails: Day 1, America’s Cup World Series Chicago
What the the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago? When Jim Cornelison overdoing the National Anthem is the biggest blow of Day 1 of ACWS Saturday, the first America’s Cup venue on...
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Windy and racing: Sailing, America’s Cup World Series Chicago
The America’s Cup World Series weathered Chicago’s weather and came out all sunny Sunday and, well, windy. “Oh man, I wish the weather was like that yesterday, we could have had six races like this,’’...
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