The Michigan Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge that carries Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River, the boundary between the Loop and Near North Side community areas, in downtown Chicago. It lies at the foot of the Magnificent Mile, between the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower to the north and the London Guarantee Building and 333 North Michigan across Wacker Drive to the south, and it is part of the Michigan-Wacker Historic District.
The bridge was built from 1917–1920 as two parallel bridges that operate independently of one another. It was designed by architect Edward H. Bennett, and is an early example of a fixed trunnion bascule bridge, which later became widely known as a "Chicago style bascule". The bridge features friezes including Wheeler Williams' "Tablets to Pioneers".
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The pier was built in 1916 at a cost of $4.5 million, equivalent to $88.8 million today.It was a part of the Plan of Chicago developed by architect and city planner Daniel Burnham and his associates.
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Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago as seen from the Chicago River.The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km) long and flows through Chicago, including the downtown. Though not especially long, the river is notable for the 19th century civil engineering feats that directed its flow south, away from Lake Michigan, into which it previously emptied, and towards the Mississippi River basin.
The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and locally as the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Architect Adrian Smith, who worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill during the building's planning and design stages, designed the building, named after real estate developer Donald Trump.
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