Spend an evening exploring the architectural history, present use, and proposed future design of Chicago’s Navy Pier through a Chicago Architecture Foundation docent-led slide lecture featuring historic images, a walking tour of the Pier’s East End, and special sun-down cocktail reception on the Lake aboard the Tall Ship Windy. Open to the public in 1916, Navy Pier was the largest construction of its kind in the world and the only pier to combine the business of shipping with public entertainment. This program will explore the multi-faceted use of the pier over time and provide members’ with a special opportunity to view this historic structure from the Lake. The program is only available to Chicago Architecture Foundation members. Space is limited and advance reservations are required.