Talk:Navy Pier
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I removed a claim that Navy Pier was the #1 tourist attraction in Illinois. The claim linked to a site maintained by "Crain's Chicago Business," but a check of the reference showed that Crain's had, as of 8/8/06, revised their figures; they now say that the Emopress Joliet Casino is the top tourist attraction in greater Chicago, with Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo being the largest publicly-operated attraction. (Source: [1]). Bigturtle 00:33, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Origin of name "Navy Pier"
According to this article, the site was renamed Navy Pier after World War II. The "Encyclopedia of Chicago" website contradicts this, stating that the pier was renamed in 1927 to honor WWI navy veterans. (http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/875.html)
Bjfewell 20:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Destiny of Navy Pier section
This entire section (added April 29, 2008), which does contain useful information about the history of Navy Pier, seems lifted from a newspaper editorial or magazine article and should probably be rewritten. The current version is not NPOV. --Almitydave (talk) 19:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
