Lake Shore Drive
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Lake Shore Drive is a semi-limited access expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan and its adjacent parkland and beaches in Chicago, Illinois. Except for the portion north of Fost
View of Lake Shore Drive taken from the Rubloff building, near the Lake Michigan shoreline
The Chicago Half Marathon is an annual Chicago Marathon tune up that takes place along Lake Shore Drive on the South Side
The Outer Drive Bridge from Lake Michigan.
The double-decker Link Bridge across the Chicago River
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is regarded as the first permanent settler of what would become Chicago, Illinois, United States and is recognized as the city's founder. The site where he settled near th
Lake Shore Drive
…the Chicago City Council approved a compromise ordinance renaming the outer portion of Lake Shore Drive for the city's first non-indigenous settler, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. The Lakefront Trail, an 18-mile (29 km) multi-use trail, parallels Lake Shore Drive on the east side for most of its length. Pedestrians can access…
There are no known portraits of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable made during his lifetime. This depiction is taken from History of Chicago (1884).
The DuSable Museum in Washington Park