#Shakespeer navy pier update
After the university left, the Navy Pier became underutilized.Įfforts to update Navy Pier for the 21st century began on January 13, 2006, when the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority released a proposal for a major renovation of the pier, which including a monorail, a 260-foot (79 m) spokeless Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, floating hotel, and a water park with a Great Lakes theme. As the maximum capacity was exceeded, the school outgrew the pier and the university relocated to Circle Campus in 1965. In 1946, as the Navy was winding down from its mission, the University of Illinois at Chicago held classes at the pier. The pier contained a 2,500-seat theater, gym, 12-chair barber shop, tailor, cobbler shops, soda fountain and a vast kitchen and hospital. In 1941, during World War II, the pier became a training center for the United States Navy about 10,000 people worked, trained and lived there. In 1927, the pier was renamed Navy Pier to honor the naval veterans who served in World War I. In mid-1918, the pier was also used as a jail for draft dodgers.
Bennett Its original purpose was to serve as a dock for freights, passenger traffic, and indoor and outdoor recreation events like expositions and pageants were held there. Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. During construction, 1915 ( Chicago Daily News)
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