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McPier is hurting financially. We offer up five ways to cut costs at Navy Pier.
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1. Tearing down the ferris wheel would be like knocking down the St. Louis Arch. Both are pointless, but are considered major landmarks.
2. Shakespeare out, street battle dancing, definitely for the win.
3. Who doesn't enjoy pirates?
4. Tourists would definitely fall for it. How naive.
5. Relocation to Chinatown, perhaps?
How does the Shakespeare Theater do down there anyway? Is it a success?
I went to Navy Pier with my sister this summer. I was dreading it - thinking it was a lousy tourist trap and I was going to hate it. We saw Cirque Shanghai, took a boat ride, road the Ferris wheel and took in the fireworks. I had a really great time! It was a very nice afternoon of simple fun. We didn't really partake of the pirate shows or sit in the beer garden, so I guess we didn't do all the pier had to offer. But still, I really liked it!
There only thing to do besides by crappy stuff at Navy Pier is to go on the ferris wheel.
And as someone from St. Louis I can say that the Arch does have a point. It makes the city and it's skyline 20x more identifiable than it has any right to be.
They sponsored the first annual (I think) Chicago "Talk Like A Shakespearean Day," and even got the mayor to sign a proclamation. That must count for something. Actually, Shakespeare is huge; the problem is that most people are too tiny to notice.
I thought this list was pretty glib and smug. Maybe we could do a list, "Five Ways To Have A Blog That Connects With People On A Human Level" ...nah.
The ferris wheel is there for a reason; the first ferris wheel was at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (which was in Hyde Park). So it's not like they just said "let's make the pier like a crummy travelling carnival, only much bigger!"
The pier has a great botanical garden, a great ballroom at the end, and a pretty nice exposition center where they've had Art Chicago and SOFA in the past, along with a lot of other events. The economy is on a real bummer now and everything is creaking and groaning.
Five Ideas For the New (Awful) Economy:
1. If you have money, spend a little of it.
2. If you can, go to school and learn more.
3. If you can, work and work hard.
4. If you can, start a business.
5. You absolutely have to stop using so much petroleum; so much of our money is going overseas and what we get in exchange goes up in smoke.
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