The Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer
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Published 2021-05-24
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Documentary Sections:
00:00:00 ➤ Intro
00:02:18 ➤ The First Settlers: Jean Baptiste Point DuSable
00:04:31 ➤ Fort Dearborn
00:05:42 ➤ Wrigley Building
00:07:12 ➤ London Guarantee Building
00:08:05 ➤ Tribune Tower
00:09:34 ➤ 333 N. Michigan Avenue
00:10:10 ➤ The Chicago River's Bridges
00:11:59 ➤ Wacker Drive
00:12:54 ➤ Trump International Hotel and Tower
00:14:08 ➤ AMA Plaza
00:15:15 ➤ Marina City
00:17:30 ➤ Merchandise Mart
00:18:26 ➤ Wolf Point
00:19:09 ➤ 333 W. Wacker Drive/Sauganash Hotel
00:20:32 ➤ River Point
00:21:11 ➤ 150 N. Riverside
00:22:08 ➤ Boeing Building
00:22:39 ➤ Samuel Insull/Civic Opera House
00:25:29 ➤ Enwave Chicago Ice Factory
00:25:54 ➤ Post Office
00:26:58 ➤ Sears Tower (Now Willis Tower)
00:29:16 ➤ Chicago Portage
00:31:17 ➤ Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
00:32:27 ➤ How Chicago Reversed Its River
00:35:24 ➤ Illinois and Michigan Canal
00:36:15 ➤ Bridgeport
00:37:09 ➤ Union Stockyards/Bubbly Creek
00:39:20 ➤ Pilsen
00:42:29 ➤ Chinatown
00:46:49 ➤ River City
00:48:03 ➤ Riverline
00:48:26 ➤ O'Leary Family Barn/Great Chicago Fire
00:51:37 ➤ Geoffrey Baer's Childhood Home/Trail Tree Park
00:53:03 ➤ Chicago Botanic Garden
00:53:47 ➤ Skokie Lagoons
00:54:58 ➤ Edgebrook
00:55:35 ➤ Bohemian National Cemetery
00:56:27 ➤ North Shore Channel
00:58:28 ➤ Baháʼí House of Worship
01:00:41 ➤ Grebe and Company Shipyard
01:01:09 ➤ Riverview Park
01:01:56 ➤ Julia C. Lathrop Homes
01:02:31 ➤ Lincoln Park
01:03:15 ➤ Goose Island
01:04:38 ➤ Montgomery Ward's
01:06:14 ➤ River North
01:08:42 ➤ Great Chicago Flood of 1992
01:10:44 ➤ Riverwalk
01:12:43 ➤ Riverwalk: Jetty
01:14:09 ➤ Friends of the Chicago River
01:16:26 ➤ Eastland Disaster
01:18:04 ➤ Riverwalk: River Theater/111. W. Wacker Drive
01:19:43 ➤ Riverwalk: Cove and Marina/Leo Burnett Building
01:20:58 ➤ Vietnam Memorial/Jewelers Building
01:22:12 ➤ Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist
01:22:34 ➤ The Sands/Streeterville
01:24:38 ➤ Illinois Center
01:25:56 ➤ Natalie DuBois
01:27:09 ➤ Chicago River Dyed Green/St. Patrick's Day
01:27:46 ➤ Centennial Fountain
01:28:21 ➤ Aqua Tower/Lakeshore East
01:29:32 ➤ Ogden Slip
01:30:10 ➤ Lake Shore Drive
01:31:46 ➤ Lake Michigan/Navy Pier
All Comments (21)
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My wife and I did this tour. It was such a beautiful skyline. It' now my favorite US skyline! If Chicago had 4 equal seasons, I'd live there. Its just too cold for too long.
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I’m from Nashville and Chicago was always my go to big city. I’ve been to NYC, Los Angeles, and Houston, but Chicago is my favorite of them all. They have the best skyline with the best views.
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Jeff is an absolute BEAST of a tour guide. Great job bruh!
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Geoffrey, you're the Rick Steves of Chicago. Can you do the history of O'Hare and Midway airport as well as Navy Pier?
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While I haven't been to every city in the US, Chicago is the most beautiful one in America, the architecture, the river, the lake front with its 26 miles of public parks and beaches is unsurpassed for any city in the world.
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My Mother and I was on this tour❗😃 Geoffrey is the Best❗😀
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This is one of my favorite documentaries on the planet Earth.
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Lived here my whole life and still never tire of the views and history all within a days walk along the river front and shoreline. Been on this boat tour many times and it never gets old.
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Absolutely LOVE this! I watched it twice. This was so well done. Thank you so much for sharing this. Can’t wait to visit Chicago again!
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OMG!!! I grew up in Streeterville, by the river (by River East, on East North Water St ), this warms my heart. Thank you so much for sharing this. I looooove Chicago, and I'm so grateful I grew up in such an amazing city. Brought back many memories ❤
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I'm a Chicago native daughter, transplanted to California 42 years ago. Thank you for the tour.
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Love this vlog " use YouTubers are the new ones to watch out for, and it's free . Because we in the UK if we were watching normal TV we would have to pay for a TV licence obviously some don't but some do 🇬🇧
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Beautiful video of such a nostalgic place for myself, and millions of people around the world!
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Thank you again!!! For another amazing video I love Chicago. I just left I was visiting in late June I can't wait to return to my favorite city.
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I truly enjoyed the history of Chicago! I have myself been to Chicago and it is a very beautiful city. It made me reflect back on the Trump Tower, the Sears Tower and the gorgeous buildings and infrastructure.Also, I went to a restaurant that was owned by Trump and I remember looking out and all I saw was white buildings…The buildings were so close to one another. I had never seen this before but it had its own beauty. Nonetheless, I was shocked actually to learn about the sewage that went into the river. Can’t even imagine the smell of the runoff from the animals and also the disposing of carcasses… I can’t even fathom the thought of the odour, not to mention the devastating health affects this would have on any human or animal for that matter. Thank you so much! I do appreciate the time that you put in to making this available for us to watch. Respectfully, Susan from Canada…… ps: sad to see how technology has taken away a lot of jobs such as the post office, Sears and The Chicago Tribune…..not to mention many, many more!!…However, in saying this, it is also lovely to see the improvements and to see how they made so many things so very beautiful. As they say, life is ever-changing and so are our surroundings. Cheers!
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I respect past leaders of Chicago for their forward looking design and building of the city. It’s beautiful and efficient with world class institutions. The MWRD is best in the world as well as parks and a public shoreline. Culture and education of our state is displayed in Chicago like a fine canvas. There are problems as in any city but it always rises above. The future of the city is outstanding.
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Despite the crime in Chicago its a beautiful city full with a rich history of music and great food and lots of attractions.
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Well done! Geoffrey Baer is highly experienced and knowledgeable about Chicago history and architecture having conducted tours since 1988. His tours are informative and lively.
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I miss Chicago. I grew up there and moved the day after graduation. Thanks for giving me another way of enjoying it.
