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Merrill C. Meigs Field was born on the lakefront site of the 1933-34 World’s Fair. An air traffic control tower was erected in 1952, and a terminal in 1961. Now used for light planes, corporate jets, and helicopters, the field is important to a small but sturdy constituency of pilots and corporate executives. Nevertheless, Mayor Daley’s ongoing effort to return the area to parkland has so far been stymied, and Meigs has been granted another five years of operation at this writing. Although the visibility on the lakefront is terrible, and the winds’ cross-currents worse, you can’t beat the location. Those of us who actually enjoy the sound of a chopper, for whatever perverse reason, may look up with pleasure as we near the the Field Museum or Shedd Aquarium to see a Sikorsky swing overhead.
Tip: The terminal building at Meigs Field has the only local observation deck open to the public. |
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