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The Main Branch of the Chicago Riverwalk has a long and storied history that in many ways mirrors the development of Chicago itself. Once a meandering marshy stream, the river first became an engineered channel to support the industrial transformation of the city.
Photographs : Kate Joyce Studios
Following the famed reversal of the river, in which the city reversed the flow of the Main Branch and South Branch to improve sanitation, architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham introduced a new civic vision of riverside promenades with the addition of the Wacker Drive viaduct. Over the last decade, the role of the river has been evolving with the Chicago Riverwalk project?an initiative to reclaim the Chicago River for the ecological, recreational and economic benefit of the city. Photographs : Kate Joyce Studios
The goal of embracing the river as a recreational amenity seemed impossible years ago given the river’s high levels of pollution. But today that vision is becoming a reality. Recent improvements in river water quality and the increased intensity of public recreational use signal growing life along the river, demanding new connections to the water’s edge. The Chicago Department of Transportation and Ross Barney Architects led the successful completion of Phase One of the Riverwalk, an initial segment that includes Veteran?s Memorial Plaza and the Bridgehouse Museum Plaza.
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