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Home The Chicago Lakefront – 2021 Most Endangered South Shore Nature Sanctuary. The Chicago Lakefront, 26 Miles of Scenic Lakefront Parks & Public Spaces, In Perpetuity Since 1836, by Olmsted & Vaux, Nelson, Simonds, Burnham, Atwood, Bennett & Others. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

South Shore Nature Sanctuary. The Chicago Lakefront, 26 Miles of Scenic Lakefront Parks & Public Spaces, In Perpetuity Since 1836, by Olmsted & Vaux, Nelson, Simonds, Burnham, Atwood, Bennett & Others. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

South Shore Nature Sanctuary. The Chicago Lakefront, 26 Miles of Scenic Lakefront Parks & Public Spaces, In Perpetuity Since 1836, by Olmsted & Vaux, Nelson, Simonds, Burnham, Atwood, Bennett & Others. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, C.F. Murphy and designers Gene Summers and Helmut Jahn, 1971, 23rd Street and the Chicago Lakefront. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky
Burnham Pavilion in Jackson Park. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers