| Northerly Island | |
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| Northerly Island Park | |
 Aerial view of Northerly Island in 2021 | |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Area | 119-acre (48 ha) |
| Designer | Studio Gang |
| Owned by | Chicago Park District |
| Open | 6:00 am-11:00 pm |
Northerly Island (also Northerly Island Park) is a 119-acre (48 ha) human-made peninsula and park located on Chicago's Lake Michigan lakefront.[1] Originally constructed in 1925, Northerly Island was the former site of the Century of Progress world's fair and later Meigs Field airport and, since Meigs Field's closure, has been a recreational area part of Chicago's Museum Campus. It is the site of the Adler Planetarium, the Huntington Bank Pavilion (a semi-temporary concert venue), the Northerly Island Natural Area, the 12th Street Beach and numerous art installations. Per its name, Northerly Island was constructed as an island, but is connected to the lakefront by a causeway at the northern end carrying Solidarity Drive to the planetarium.[2]
Solidarity Drive is dominated by Neoclassical sculptures of Tadeusz Kościuszko, Karel Havlíček Borovský and Copernicus.[3]
- ^ "Northerly Island Park". Chicago Park District. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "The Museum Campus". City of Chicago. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Graf, John (2000). Chicago's Parks - A Photographic History. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0-7385-0716-4. Retrieved 8 March 2023.