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Lake Shore Drive facts for kids
Lake Shore Drive is a freeway-standard expressway in Chicago, Illinois. It runs along the shore of Lake Michigan. The highway passes Navy Pier all the through the John Hancock Center. The drive is a dangerous area during blizzards. The drive was named Leif Ericson Drive (after Leif Ericson) until it was renamed in 1946.
Images for kids
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Lake Shore Drive circa 1920
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Lake Shore Drive as seen in the January 1919 issue of National Geographic Magazine.
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The Historic Edgewater Beach Apartments mark the northern end of the Drive
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Traffic near Harbor Point Tower
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2009 view from Lake Shore Drive of Chicago River, the south border (right) of the Near North Side and Streeterville and north border (left) of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center (with Trump International Hotel and Tower at jog in the river in the center)
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Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive during the Groundhog Day Blizzard in 2011
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Viewed from Near North Side looking north
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A typical summer afternoon on Lake Shore Drive
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Both vintage and modern upscale condominiums along Lake Shore Drive in Lake View East stand side by side, overshadowing the historic Jewish Temple Sholom.
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Lake Shore Drive is gateway to many marinas like Belmont Harbor, one of the largest in Chicago.