What is Northerly Island?
[[Image:Burnham 1909 chicago plan.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Burnham's Plan of Chicago (1909) — north is to the right]] '''Northerly Island''' is a {{convert|91|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[land reclamation|man-made]] [[peninsula]] along [[Chicago]]'s lakefront.<ref>[http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Northerly-Island/ Chicago Parks District: Northerly Island]</ref> The site of the [[Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum|Adler Planetarium]], Northerly Island connects to the mainland through a narrow isthmus along '''Solidarity Drive''' made-up by [[Neoclassical sculpture]]s of [[Tadeusz Kościuszko|Kościuszko]], [[Karel Havlíček Borovský|Havliček]] and [[Copernicus]].<ref>Graf, John, ''Chicago's Parks'' Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 13-14., {{ISBN|0-7385-0716-4}}.</ref> With the demolition of [[Meigs Field|Meigs Field Airport]], it is now a part of the [[Museum Campus]] and has been made into parkland. A semi-temporary concert venue, the [[Huntington Bank Pavilion]] occupies part of the site of the former airport. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Parks in Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}}