Philo Carpenter
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Philo Carpenter was Chicago, Illinois' first pharmacist, and an outspoken abolitionist.
Carpenter's grave at Graceland Cemetery
Wacker Drive
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Wacker Drive is a multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south bank of the main branch and the east bank of the south branch of the Chicago River through the Chicago Loop. Much of t
Philo Carpenter
…demonstrated that the area was safe from Indian attacks. Carpenter invested heavily in real estate in the area surrounding what is now LaSalle Street and Wacker Drive, but the Panic of 1837 wiped him out, and his creditors took all of the land he had purchased. The area would be worth over $200 million today. His…
Upper Wacker Drive, looking west from Michigan Avenue
All three levels of Wacker Drive, east of Columbus Drive, including a ramp between the upper and lower (middle) levels
Wacker Drive to the south of the Chicago River looking east
Two aerial views in 1926