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themats

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Photo of Ogden Slip
« on: May 12, 2014, 11:01:53 AM »
Some track visible in the photo of the Ogden Slip:

http://chicagopast.com/post/44600133010

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Re: Photo of Ogden Slip
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2014, 11:20:38 AM »
 

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Re: Photo of Ogden Slip
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2014, 12:18:59 PM »
Fascinating.  It also shows the Ogden Slip before half of it was filled in.
 

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Re: Photo of Ogden Slip
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2014, 11:58:32 AM »
I remember North Pier had a bunch of shops and restaurants in it back when I was in high school. I remember laser tag too.
 

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Re: Photo of Ogden Slip
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2014, 10:02:01 AM »
Yeah, the half of North Pier Terminal that was not torn down was a hot destination in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s with restaurants and shops including one of Steve Dahl's "Lake Effect" retail stores featuring beach attire and related things.  Then by the mid-1990s it started going downhill once Navy Pier was renovated and provided competition.