TheOgden Slip is acanal andharbor inChicago,Illinois.
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In 1861,[1]Chicago Dock and Canal Company constructed the Odgen Slip. It was among many real estate investments that the company made that were overseen byWilliam B. Ogden.[2] The slip was constructed with approval by theUnited States Department of War.[1] The slip parallels the North Bank of theChicago River, and was utilized as aharbor, and was home towarehouses well into the twentieth century.[2]
By the 1960s, formal discussions were had by the Chicago Dock and Canal Company about redeveloping the real estate surrounding the slip.[3] By the mid-1980s, redevelopment around the slip was being formally planned.[3][4] 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 plannedCityfront Center development.[5] The abutting Pugh Terminal building (originally built between 1905 and 1920) was renovated into "North Pier", a retail complex.[3]
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 theTribune Tower fromLake Shore Drive through a sight corridor aligned with the slip.[4][6] Several subsequently constructed buildings (such asNBC Tower,Loews Hotel Tower, and 465 North Park) have had their designs influenced by this policy.[4]
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