Northerly Island

Northerly Island is a 91-acre (37 ha) man-made peninsula along Chicago's lakefront.[1]

Burnham's Plan of Chicago (1909) — north is to the right

The site of the Adler Planetarium, Northerly Island connects to the mainland through a narrow isthmus along Solidarity Drive made-up by Neoclassical sculptures of Kościuszko, Havliček and Copernicus.[2] With the demolition of Meigs Field Airport, it is now a part of the Museum Campus and has been made into parkland.

A semi-temporary concert venue, the Huntington Bank Pavilion occupies part of the site of the former airport.

References
  1. Chicago Parks District: Northerly Island
  2. Graf, John, Chicago's Parks Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 13-14., ISBN 0-7385-0716-4.
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