We had to stop by Navy Pier last night to pick up our race packets for the Shamrock Shuffle (tomorrow). The pier used to be called Municipal Pier until after World War I when they renamed it to honor Navy veterans. During World War II, the U.S. Navy used the pier as a training center and afterward, the pier became a campus for the University of Illinois (1946-1965). It wasn't until 1989 that the pier was polished up to become a place to keep the tourists at arms length from the city. (Seriously, there's a trolley that loads 'em up and moves them out there and then doesn't show back up for hours and hours). Besides being home to Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Chicago Public Radio (okay and maybe the architectural boat tours), Navy Pier is mostly for kids and suckers.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Navy Pier
We had to stop by Navy Pier last night to pick up our race packets for the Shamrock Shuffle (tomorrow). The pier used to be called Municipal Pier until after World War I when they renamed it to honor Navy veterans. During World War II, the U.S. Navy used the pier as a training center and afterward, the pier became a campus for the University of Illinois (1946-1965). It wasn't until 1989 that the pier was polished up to become a place to keep the tourists at arms length from the city. (Seriously, there's a trolley that loads 'em up and moves them out there and then doesn't show back up for hours and hours). Besides being home to Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Chicago Public Radio (okay and maybe the architectural boat tours), Navy Pier is mostly for kids and suckers.
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3 comments:
You guys are awesome to be running an 8k! I wish I could join you, mostly for the "free" t-shirt!!
Yeah and this year it's some fancy pants "performance" shirt!
ooooh, sweet! You'll have to wear it lots then haha
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