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Chicago Engineered the Taming of the Swamp

Chicago Engineered the Taming of the Swamp

Monday, March 27

10:00 – 11:00 A.M.     Donation: $7

Mother Nature left Chicago’s landscape promising yet problematic. It took clever and persistent engineers to orchestrate imaginative and sometimes daring edits to Chicago’s terrain, and consequently, to build the city with the big shoulders. In looking back, we salute the problem solvers and workers who made swampland hospitable and safe for big city life. This program is presented by Instructor Krista August. Registration required.

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