(The Newberry -- Road map4C G4104.C6A1 1963 .G6 [PrCt])
A road map published by the Chicago Motor Club offers a more familiar view of the city. Here, most of today’s lakefront landmarks are in place, even when the names differ from today's; for example, today's Northerly Island is labeled "Merril C. Meigs Field." We also see some coastal curiosities that have since disappeared — note a “Gun Club” just south of Belmont Harbor — and some that never came to be, including a proposed extension for Lake Shore Drive north of Hollywood Avenue.
For more on this map, check out WBEZ's story about Chicago's changing coastline:
http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/question-answered-how-has-chicago%E2%80%99s-coastline-changed-over-decades-104328
[Note: This is a cropped view of the original map]
(The Newberry -- Road map4C G4104.C6A1 1963 .G6 [PrCt])
A road map published by the Chicago Motor Club offers a more familiar view of the city. Here, most of today’s lakefront landmarks are in place, even when the names differ from today's; for example, today's Northerly Island is labeled "Merril C. Meigs Field." We also see some coastal curiosities that have since disappeared — note a “Gun Club” just south of Belmont Harbor — and some that never came to be, including a proposed extension for Lake Shore Drive north of Hollywood Avenue.
For more on this map, check out WBEZ's story about Chicago's changing coastline:
http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/question-answered-how-has-chicago%E2%80%99s-coastline-changed-over-decades-104328
[Note: This is a cropped view of the original map]
(The Newberry -- Road map4C G4104.C6A1 1963 .G6 [PrCt])
A road map published by the Chicago Motor Club offers a more familiar view of the city. Here, most of today’s lakefront landmarks are in place, even when the names differ from today's; for example, today's Northerly Island is labeled "Merril C. Meigs Field." We also see some coastal curiosities that have since disappeared — note a “Gun Club” just south of Belmont Harbor — and some that never came to be, including a proposed extension for Lake Shore Drive north of Hollywood Avenue.
For more on this map, check out WBEZ's story about Chicago's changing coastline:
http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/question-answered-how-has-chicago%E2%80%99s-coastline-changed-over-decades-104328
[Note: This is a cropped view of the original map]