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The DuSable Bridge
The Michigan Ave bridge is officially called DuSable Bridge, named after the man considered to be the first non-native settler.
January 27 at 10:22 PM
DuSable's Bust
Chicago's first permanent resident was Jean Bapiste du Sable, a free black man probably from Haiti. Although no one knows for sure what he looked like, the city erected a bust for him just north of the river, near where he first settled.
December 13 at 10:56 PM 3.6 4
Mount Thorium (DuSable Park)
Development of the Chicago Spire, which would have been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was dependent on a radio active park.
November 28 at 4:52 AM 3.1 4