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Stop 9 of 12 on Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams
Northerly Island — The Airport That Was Erased Overnight
Museum Campus, Chicago
A Preview
"The prairie grass ahead of you is a runway. Northerly Island was a working downtown airport until a mayor decided, in the middle of one night, that it wasn't going to be one anymore. Start with the name, which is wrong in two directions."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Buckingham Fountain
- 3 Grant Park — The Fight to Keep It Empty
- 4 The Field Museum — A Greek Temple on Landfill
- 5 Sue and the Lions of Tsavo
- 6 Shedd Aquarium — They Shipped the Ocean
- 7 Solidarity Drive
- 8 Adler Planetarium — The First Sky in the Hemisphere
- 9 Northerly Island — The Airport That Was Erased Overnight
- 10 The Balbo Monument
- 11 Soldier Field
- 12 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Northerly Island — The Airport That Was Erased Overnight
This is just one of 12 stops on the Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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