MAS Context

2025 marks the centenary of the opening of Northerly Island, a human-made peninsula and park located on Chicago’s Lake Michigan lakefront. Over its existence, it has played multiple roles, from the former site of the Century of Progress World’s Fair and Meigs Field airport to a recreational area, concert venue, and park. To commemorate this significant date, we asked architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, historians, journalists, photographers, educators, artists, and advocates—all residents of Chicago—to share their thoughts, memories, and visions for this unique place in the city.
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Image: Panoramic View of the Century of Progress, World’s Fair 1933, 1933. John I. Monroe collection of exposition postcards, Newberry Library.
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