Tourist attraction
Navy Pier
Historic lakefront pier of dining pavilions and picnic groves turned mile-long food hall and entertainment strip.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Navy Pier in Chicago begins with a pier opened in 1916 as Municipal Pier, a working dock for freight and passenger boats, and the famously eccentric mayor, Big Bill Thompson, who had bigger plans for it. You'll hear about his 1921 Pageant of Progress, with its marching elephants, speedboats, mock pirates and skydivers. Best heard standing at the pier's edge, looking out over the lake.
This audio guide was created using AI.