January 2, 1932 – Well, the work on the
long-awaited bridge across the Chicago River on the lakefront drive is off once
again. Edward J. Kelly, president of the
south park board, calls a meeting with the heads of the south park and Lincoln
park boards, along with members of the Chicago Plan Commission and the
contractors involved in the link bridge project. It is decided that until the
park boards receive the necessary revenue, the work is off. Mr. Kelly says, “We must conserve our cash in
the present tangled financial situation.
All construction programs … excluding only the island for the world’s
fair, must be dropped if we are to live within revenue and meet obligations.” Work on the approaches to the bridge had
begun in 1929, and work on the bridge itself was started on June 6 of
1932. The city has cried out for this
connection between north and south, a project that was proposed as early as 1909.
The bridge would finally be dedicated in October of 1937. The photo above shows where the project stood at the time.
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