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Queen's Landing is a concrete pier on the shore of Lake Michigan, east of Lake Shore Drive, across from Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.It takes its name from being the site where Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh disembarked from a royal barge in 1959 during the first visit by a reigning British monarch to Chicago.
It is home to both the Chicago Yacht Club and the Columbia Yacht Club. Queen's Landing, at the center of the harbor and park's shoreline, is named for a 1959 visit there by Queen Elizabeth II aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, in conjunction with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Du Sable Harbor, created in 1999 north of Randolph Drive ...
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago Landmark in the center of Grant Park, between Queen's Landing and the end of Ida B. Wells Drive.Dedicated in 1927 and donated to the city by philanthropist Kate S. Buckingham, it is one of the largest fountains in the world.
Chicago History Museum/Getty ImagesOn the night of Sunday 8 October 1871, a fire began in Chicago that would change the face of the city. At this point Chicago was fast emerging as one of the ...
The Chicago Cubs went into the previous two seasons as the team expected to win the division, but the playoffs have continued to elude them. This winter they finally made a big splash, landing All ...
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Illinois: Queen's Landing, Chicago The place got its name in July 1959 when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip sailed up the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway and stopped in Chicago aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia