September 23, 1933
– Another mile of Lake Shore Drive is opened to
traffic from Montrose to Foster Avenue.
The road will only be open during the day as lights still need to be
installed. This will be the first major
thoroughfare to be opened as a result of $20,840,000 in gasoline and license
taxes that the Illinois legislature had approved earlier. It is expected that 35,000 cars a day will be
using the new road each day although there are still obstacles to be
overcome. The junction with Sheridan
Road at Foster Avenue will be a significant bottleneck. George Barton, an engineer for the Chicago
Motor Club, says, “Unless every assistance is given to traffic at Sheridan road
and Foster avenue the utility of the new mile of outer drive is seriously
curtailed. This intersection will be the
new bottleneck in the north side boulevard system, replacing the present
bottlenecks at Montrose and Clarendon avenues and at Lawrence avenue and
Sheridan road.” The junction of Sheridan and Foster is shown above several years after the Lake Shore Drive extension was opened.
September 23, 1933 – Work begins on the final section of the Field building being erected between Clark and La Salle Streets on the east and west and Adams and Monroe Streets on the south and north. Steel workers begin erecting the first beams for the tower, which it is estimated will contain 4,000 tons of steel. Three of the four corner units of the Art Deco tower, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, are complete with placement of steel for each section taking between 35 and 57 days.
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