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Navy Pier
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Landmark
Navy Pier is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Navy Pier
Location600 E. Grand Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
Coordinates41°53′29″N 87°35′59″W / 41.89139°N 87.59972°W / 41.89139; -87.59972
Built1916; 108 years ago (1916)
ArchitectCharles S. Frost
E.C. Shankland
NRHP reference No.79000825[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1979
Designated CLNovember 14, 1977

Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long (1,010 m) pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Navy Pier encompasses over 50 acres (20 ha) of shops, restaurants, live theaters, family attractions, parks (including Polk Bros Park), gardens, and exhibition facilities and is one of the top destinations in the Midwestern United States, drawing over nine million visitors annually.[2][3] It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwest and is Chicago's second-most visited tourist attraction.[2][4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b LaTrace, A J (April 6, 2017). "Millennium Park overtakes Navy Pier as most popular attraction in Illinois". Chicago Curbed. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "Navy Pier | A Chicago Landmark". Navy Pier. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Crain's List Largest Tourist Attractions (Sightseeing): Ranked by 2007 Attendance". Crain's Chicago Business. June 23, 2008. p. 22.

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