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Northerly Island (Ill.)


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    • found: Work cat.: Former Northerly Island Gunsite, 2005:p. 1 (Northerly Island, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60605)
    • found: GNIS, May 6, 2013(Northerly Island, island, Cook County, Illinois, 41.8630889° -87.6081068° 41°51ʹ47ʺN 087°36ʹ29ʺW)
    • found: Chicago Park District website, May 6, 2013(Northerly Island is a 91-acre peninsula that juts into Lake Michigan at the heart of the Museum Campus. It is located just south of the Adler Planetarium and east of Soldier Field. The majority of this space is dedicated to nature! The nature area at Northerly Island features beautiful strolling paths, casual play areas and a spectacular view of the Chicago skyline. In June 2005, a temporary, yet state-of-the-art concert venue was built at the northern end of the island.)
    • found: Wikipedia, May 6, 2013(Northerly Island is a 91-acre (370,000 m²) man-made peninsula along Chicago's lakefront. The site of the Adler Planetarium, Northerly Island connects to the mainland through a narrow isthmus along Solidarity Drive dominated by Neoclassical sculptures of Kościuszko, Havliček and Copernicus. With the demolition of Meigs Field Airport, it is now a part of the Museum Campus and has been converted into parkland. A semi-temporary concert venue, the Charter One Pavilion occupies part of the site of the former airport. Work on the island began in 1920 when Chicago voters approved a ...)
    • found: US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District website, May 6, 2013:Missions > Civil works projects > Northerly Island (Northerly Island is a 91-acre manmade peninsula found on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. It is located south of the Adler Planetarium and provides protection to Burnham Harbor from Lake Michigan storms. From 1947-2002 the island was home to a small airport known as Meigs Field. Today, the northern end of the island is occupied by a music venue: the Charter One Pavilion. Northerly Island's unique location and vicinity within Lake Michigan provides an ecological refuge to a variety of organisms in an otherwise urban environment.)
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    • 2013-05-07: new
    • 2013-08-01: revised
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