gabriel x. michael
@g-x-m.bsky.social
Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
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Today, North Water Street runs below the plaza, crossing Lower Michigan Avenue, and the rails still embedded in the pavement are partially exposed, a revealing relic of this industrial history.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today, North Water Street runs below the plaza, crossing Lower Michigan Avenue, and the rails still embedded in the pavement are partially exposed, a revealing relic of this industrial history.
Before its completion in 1957, this plaza area was open right-of-way for North Water Street and the C&NW Navy Pier rail spur serving Kraft Cheese, Jap-Rose Soap, Goodrich Tires, and Lipton’s Tea factories nearby.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Before its completion in 1957, this plaza area was open right-of-way for North Water Street and the C&NW Navy Pier rail spur serving Kraft Cheese, Jap-Rose Soap, Goodrich Tires, and Lipton’s Tea factories nearby.