<description>Lake Shore Drive has served as a makeshift runway for emergency landings. But it’s also been an *intentional* runway for planned arrivals. We go back to 1983 to get the story of how a Chicago institution helped turn our lakeside expressway into an airstrip, at least twice.</description>

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

A museum, a mayor and a road: How Lake Shore Drive became a runway ... intentionally

DEC 10, 20256 MIN
Curious City

A museum, a mayor and a road: How Lake Shore Drive became a runway ... intentionally

DEC 10, 20256 MIN

Description

Lake Shore Drive has served as a makeshift runway for emergency landings. But it’s also been an intentional runway for planned arrivals. We go back to 1983 to get the story of how a Chicago institution helped turn our lakeside expressway into an airstrip, at least twice.