As the Burnham Plan suggested, in the 1920s the city began to fill in land to develop Northerly Island. It was the first in an intended chain of connected islands to extend south to 51st Street. The goal was to create an area on the lakefront that could be used for water sports. In 1933 Northerly Island housed the botanical exhibit at the Century of Progress World's Fair. None of the other islands were ever developed. Photographer: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-31117) http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10843.html
Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Co. Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-05798) http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10645.html
The Chicago Historical Society was founded in 1856, but its first building and virtually all of its early collections were lost in the Great Chicago Fire. This structure, the Society's third home, was built on the same site as the first two, at the northwest corner of Dearborn and Ontario Streets. After the Chicago Historical Society moved to its current location at Clark Street and North Avenue in 1932, this building went through a series of owners and uses, though the original name remains inscribed in stone over the entrance. Photographer: Barnes-Crosby Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-19139) http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10590.html
