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Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: Urban America's Most Beautiful Roadway

WTTW News | December 16, 2010, 7:00 pm

Chicagoans drive on Lake Shore Drive every day without realizing the history beneath them. A new book recounts the long tale of Lake Shore Drive -- we talk with the authors.

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