Meigs Field (site) (Chicago, Illinois)
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Illinois /
Chicago /
Chicago, Illinois /
South Linn White Drive, 1521
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Chicago
World / United States / Illinois
park, sculpture, abandoned / shut down, interesting place, historical layer / disappeared object
Opened in 1948 and demolished in the middle of the night on March 30, 2003, Merrill C. Meigs Field was a single strip general aviation airport convenient to downtown Chicago. It was prominently featured in the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, as well as Microsoft's Midtown Madness.
The site is now a park with a prairie theme and Daphne Garden (Sculptor Dessa Kirk).
Three figurative sculptures of Daphne are all made from scraps of discarded Cadillac cars.
www.members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/IL/Airfields_I...
web.archive.org/web/20000709023509/www.ci.chi.il.us/avi...
chicago-outdoor-sculptures.blogspot.com/2009/07/daphne-...
The site is now a park with a prairie theme and Daphne Garden (Sculptor Dessa Kirk).
Three figurative sculptures of Daphne are all made from scraps of discarded Cadillac cars.
www.members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/IL/Airfields_I...
web.archive.org/web/20000709023509/www.ci.chi.il.us/avi...
chicago-outdoor-sculptures.blogspot.com/2009/07/daphne-...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_Field
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°51'32"N 87°36'31"W
- Northerly Island 1 km
- Burnham Park 1.2 km
- Museum Campus 1.4 km
- Ping Tom Memorial Park 2.3 km
- Grant Park 3.5 km
- Washington Park 6.4 km
- Jackson Park 7.5 km
- Midway Plaisance 7.9 km
- Douglas Park 7.9 km
- 63rd Street Beach 8.7 km
- Burnham Harbor 0.2 km
- McCormick Place 1 km
- Near South Side 1 km
- Prairie District 1.2 km
- Monroe Harbor 2 km
- Chicago Loop 2.4 km
- Douglas 2.8 km
- Chicago Harbor 2.9 km
- Illinois Institute of Technology 3.1 km
- Bronzeville 3.8 km
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