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has gloss | eng: Navy Pier is a long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. It is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area. The pier was built in 1916 at a cost of $4.5 million, equivalent to $ today. It was a part of the Plan of Chicago developed by architect and city planner Daniel Burnham and his associates. As Municipal Pier #2 (Municipal Pier #1 was never built), Navy Pier was planned and built to serve as a mixed-purpose piece of public infrastructure. Its primary purpose was as a cargo facility for lake freighters, and warehouses were built up and down the pier. However, the pier was also designed to provide docking space for passenger excursion steamers, and in the pre-air conditioning era parts of the pier, especially its outermost tip, were designed to serve as cool places for public gathering and entertainment. The pier even had its own streetcar. Today, Navy Pier is Chicago's number one tourist attraction. |
lexicalization | eng: Navy Pier |
instance of | c/Visitor attractions in Chicago |
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has gloss | fra: Le Navy Pier est une jetée de plus dun kilomètre de long sur les rives du lac Michigan à Chicago aux États-Unis. Il fut construit, entre 1914 et 1916, pour la somme de quatre millions et demi de dollars. Il faisait partie du plan de développement de Chicago dessiné par larchitecte et urbaniste, Daniel Burnham et ses associés. Son nom officiel était alors le Municipal Pier #2 (soit la « jetée municipale numéro 2 » le Municipal Pier #1 ne fut jamais construit). Il était destiné à accueillir les navires des Grands Lacs et les marchandises quils convoyaient grâce aux grands entrepôts construits sur toute sa longueur. Il accueillait également les passagers des navires qui proposaient des excursions sur le lac. Le Navy Pier est aujourdhui un parc d'attractions de la ville, fréquenté chaque année par plus de huit millions de visiteurs . Il est inscrit depuis le sur la liste des Chicago Landmarks et depuis sur celle du National Register of Historic Places. |
lexicalization | fra: Navy Pier |
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has gloss | jpn: ネイビー・ピア(Navy Pier)は、アメリカ合衆国イリノイ州シカゴのミシガン湖岸にある桟橋状の埋立地域。レクリエーション施設が立ち並び、多くの観光客で賑わう。 |
lexicalization | jpn: ネイビー・ピア |
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media:img | Navy pier current logo.svg |
media:img | Navy pier.jpg |
media:img | NavyPier.jpg |
media:img | NavyPier1915.jpg |
media:img | NavyPierFromHancockTop.jpg |
media:img | Windy.JPG |
media:img | Wolverine+Sable.jpg |
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