About this artwork
Immediately north of the Chicago River, the increasingly dense development of both residential and commercial properties after World War I concentrated too much traffic on Michigan Avenue. The Lake Shore Drive and Link Bridge, completed in October 1937, was built to relieve this congestion. The bridge and its approaches were the first projects in Chicago completed under the auspices of the Public Works Administration. This presentation album contains large-format construction and finished photographs. The handsome, classically detailed bridge was destroyed in the re-design of Lake Shore Drive in the 1990s.
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Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- AIC Archives
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Title
- Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive) and Link Bridge Photograph Album
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Date
- Made 1937
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Medium
- 44 mounted large-format silver gelatin photographic prints.
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Dimensions
- 1 oversize portfolio: H.: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchase of the Ryerson and Burnham Archives, 1990.
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Reference Number
- 1990.4
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