Ogden Slip
{{Short description|Artificial harbor in Chicago, Illinois}}
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The Ogden Slip is a canal and harbor in Chicago, Illinois that was constructed in the 1861 by William B. Ogden through his Chicago Dock and Canal Company venture. It was long surrounded by warehouses. Today, it is surrounded by mixed-use and residential developments.
History
In 1861,{{cite web |last1=Engineers |first1=United States Army Corps of |title=A Historical Summary Giving the Scope of Previous Projects for the Improvement of Certain Rivers and Harbors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wEOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1942 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=4 January 2022 |page=1942 |language=en |date=1915}} Chicago Dock and Canal Company constructed the Odgen Slip. It was among many real estate investments that the company made that were overseen by William B. Ogden.{{cite web |title=Ogden Slip (Chicago Dock and Canal), 1968 |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10895.html |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |access-date=4 January 2022}} The slip was constructed with approval by the United States Department of War. The slip parallels the North Bank of the Chicago River, and was utilized as a harbor, and was home to warehouses well into the twentieth century.
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By the 1960s, formal discussions were had by the Chicago Dock and Canal Company about redeveloping the real estate surrounding the slip. By the mid-1980s, redevelopment around the slip was being formally planned.{{cite web |title=June 26, 1961 -- Ogden Slip Real Estate to Be Developed ... Sometime |url=http://www.connectingthewindycity.com/2020/06/june-26-1961-ogden-slip-real-estate-to.html |publisher=Connecting the Windy City |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=June 26, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Kamin |first1=Blair |title=Tribune Tower redevelopment plan gets first challenge |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ct-tribune-tower-kamin-met-0902-20160901-column.htmlhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ct-tribune-tower-kamin-met-0902-20160901-column.html |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=September 2, 2016}} The Chicago Dock and Canal Trust was still controlled by William B. Ogden's descendants, and made their property in the area available for residential and commercial development as part of the planned Cityfront Center development.{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Amanda |title=Near North Side |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/876.html |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |publisher=The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago Historical Society) |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=2005}} The abutting Pugh Terminal building (originally built between 1905 and 1920) was renovated into "North Pier", a retail complex.
Ogden Slip view corridor
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The so-called "Ogden Slip view corridor" was created in the mid-1980s. When the redevelopment of the real estate near and surrounding the Ogden Slip was taking place, the city adopted a policy to preserve a view of the top of the Tribune Tower from Lake Shore Drive through a sight corridor aligned with the slip.{{cite web |last1=Koziarz |first1=Jay |title=Tribune Tower to go condo, supertall skyscraper planned next door |url=https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/1/25/16931908/tribune-tower-condo-redevelopment-supertall |website=Curbed Chicago |access-date=4 January 2022 |language=en |date=25 January 2018}} Several subsequently constructed buildings (such as NBC Tower, Loews Hotel Tower, and 465 North Park) have had their designs influenced by this policy.
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Category:Ports and harbors of Illinois