Out of the Loop | South Water Street

Iconic Wacker Dr was originally called "South Water Street," renamed for Charles Wacker, "champion" of the 1909 Burnham plan, in 1926.

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South Water Street was the city's biggest produce market until it was rebuilt in 1925, when it was moved to make room for the much larger Wacker Dr.

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