Navy Pier, which reach outs into L...

Navy Pier, which reach outs into Lake Michigan just east of downtown Chicago, has been a landmark since 1916 Although its history is exuberant with many highs during its heyday, the pier had been a little used and deteriorating facility for the past not many decades.

A $210 million adaptive reuse brew completed last year promises to revive Navy Pier's fortunes. After years of failed proposals, $150 million was made available in 1989 when the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago hammered disclosed an agreement that transferred the pier's ownership to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition