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Driving Downtown Streets - Wacker Drive - Chicago Illinois USA - Episode 20.
Starting Point: Wacker Drive & Jackson Boulevard - goo.gl/maps/jj... .
Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River. The street is a multilevel street. The vast majority of it is double-decked; the upper level intended for local traffic, and the lower level for through-traffic and trucks servicing buildings on the road (and originally a dock). It is sometimes cited as a precursor to the modern freeway, though when it was built the idea was that pleasure vehicles would use the upper level.
The upper level is normally known as Upper Wacker Drive and the lower level is Lower Wacker Drive. A short part has a third level, sometimes called Lower Lower Wacker Drive
History
The original double-decker road, replacing South Water and River Streets, was completed in 1926 at a cost of $8 million and named after Charles Wacker. The 1926 section stretched from Lake Street to Michigan Avenue, the latter of which was also rebuilt into a two-level road.
In 2001-2002, Wacker Drive was redesigned and reconstructed between Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. The original upper deck was crumbling, and the entire roadway did not meet modern standards for road widths and clearances. Using a specially-developed "flat-slab, longitudinally post-tensioned, reinforced, high-performance concrete cast-in-place system", the new road deck was expected to have a lifespan of 75-100 years.[5] Walkways along the river were meant to make the drive more pedestrian-friendly, while restoration of historic limestone elements and reproduction lighting evoked the drive's original 1926 appearance. The 20-month, $200-million project was completed on time and within budget.[6]
In spring of 2010, work commenced on rebuilding the north-south section of Wacker, from Randolph Street to Congress Parkway, including the upper and lower levels. This is a continuation of the Revive Wacker Drive project started in 2001.
Wacker is the only street to intersect both State Street (the east-west center line) and Madison Street (the north-south center line), although Lake Shore Drive also crosses both dividing lines.
In April 2014, The American Council of Engineering Companies awarded the Wacker Drive and Congress Parkway Reconstruction project its Grand Conceptor Award. The project team was led by TranSystems and included roadway, bridge and tunnel improvement work. The project involved complex staging to keep 135,000 vehicles and 150,000 pedestrians moving through the construction zone each day.
In popular media
The 1980 film The Blues Brothers used Wacker Drive as a setting. Also Batman- The Dark Knight 2008.
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[@SuperOperativac]

I love Chicago and it's suburbs. To me it's even better than NY. Such a clean city for it's size. I used to stay at a Congress hotel and I loved the location as everything was within the walking distance. I loved visiting Chicago much more than any other US city. Will go back.

[@jutah]

Thanks Ivanko! Safe travels on your next visit :)

[@genhirsi76]

Ivanko Kojcic )

[@ciel222]

NICE , one of the most beautiful cities in USA

[@narotamgkp]

Architecturally one of the most beautiful city in the United States!!!

[@sg8888888]

Congratulation Chicago for being crowned the No. 1 “most exciting city in the world” for its “outstanding food and bar scene” by British travel magazine Time Out, as of 31 January 2018. clap, clap, clap...

[@ireneduke5022]

One of America's murder capitols....but come enjoy the food.

[@Outragous82]

@@ireneduke5022 it really isn't that bad, square!

[@kaffeice7]

wow CH looks real good , and as far as i can see VERY clean

[@jutah]

It really is - The city center is pristine!

[@lisaparker773]

Chicago My Home Town Forever.

[@carlosomargonzalezresendiz944]

Nice city very clean

[@susiemcd3941]

My husband is from Chicago and I love visiting downtown. Navy Pier is fun.

[@solomonjagun4602]

Does your son play for the Bulls?

[@samarbhiwandkar4796]

One of the best cities to stay this is one of my favourite city

[@MPB059]

I'm going to Chicago this year!!

[@amrh.maysara621]

Did you go to Chicago ? Your brother from egypt 😑

[@aminaminaminamin7884]

The city of Al Capone 😎😎so beautiful and clean 😍😍

[@allontetafolla2053]

I'm officially coming back home next month. I can't wait

[@pacificbound9245]

The brown line (above ground subway trains) are a uniquely Chicago thing. I love that defining trait of the city, among other things. I can always immediately identify Chicago if I see a picture of the streets of it anywhere.

[@chairmanofrussia]

LA also has above ground subway lines. The blue line mainly.

[@Elephunky215]

Portland too..

[@rayjulian8044]

I love Chicago!

[@ajmalshahtravelling7088]

stunning mega city to visit

[@bxp1696]

This must have been in morning because I dont hear any honking from taxi and uber drivers.

[@winningblack5112]

beautiful city....

[@eldiablo4616]

What a great city

[@jawad597]

J Utah ty for all. I'm french i live in Paris and i'm very impressive by USA. Downton is very big. I wish there a day with my wife and my childrens.

[@rishikataria992]

It's really nice I wish I would go there☺☺

[@medos1226]

best city for me

[@marinalourdes5023]

That.fine.l.love.thanks

[@pc88k]

9:29 nice signal

[@dermaschde6593]

thanks 4 this nice quality ;)

[@armanddima4924]

this is your best clip!

[@jutah]

Thanks!

[@samuelwh4518]

9:30 - 9:45 Did that taxi jump the queue and run red light to turn?

[@hhume74]

yeah he did lol, very common here in Chi

[@maestroadam]

Magnificent!

[@arpanaul9243]

awesome

[@avagamah7547]

4:04 wow!!! what was that building?? its soo beautiful

[@MrJoe8K]

This video looks great!! What camera was used? And where on the car was it mounted?

[@khunopie9159]

Upper Wacker is the best Wacker. Better than Lower Wacker in my expert analysis

[@jutah]

The views are great from Upper Wacker :)

[@alext1143]

And definitely better than Sub-Lower Wacker drive ;)

[@jeffrey5703]

The greatest city in America. (except for the taxes).

[@gde1989]

Chicago city centre looks to be only office towers. Is there much residential in the city centre? Maybe that's why the footpaths seem so quiet during the day, don't have the local resident foot traffic.

[@andyk4621]

The loop is all office towers, Anything north of the river would be more residentials. He didn't goto neighborhoods like Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, Logan Square, etc... which is all residential.

[@jameswashington5049]

gde1989 no chicago has less people living in downtown than Philadelphia...chicago is mostly retail and office towers..kind of a boring downtown but nice tall buildings..midwest boring

[@dab0331]

Downtown is the business center. Fairly quiet compared to say.. Manhattan. Except for summer time when it actually becomes quite lively and is really beautiful with the sun and lighting. The majority of bars and party spots are north of the river, where there's actually fucking parking. Well kinda. Even then most people take the train or uber out there

[@blessedweed411]

They have both office, condos, hotel and apartment. Chicago has a pedway system most ppl use it under the road and building. Trucks run under most streets

[@user-dk1pj2pq2t]

Live from Ghicago good nice siti

[@flow2me667]

9:30 So reckless these taxi drivers! ;)

[@AmplifiedAcoustics]

What camera are you using?

[@openway8949]

Show your car, please. What car you're driving?

[@BrokebackBob]

The street name is Wacker Drive. Fix this in the title card and description for God's sake.

[@Crazytesseract]

don't people drive two wheelers (bikes, mopeds) here?

[@dab0331]

Crazy Tesseract nope. Not really. Lots of pot holes, you can't drive it during winter, and ain't nooo one buying a bike when they can barely afford a car. Lol

[@razzaqiqbal8059]

chicago beautiful city

[@gersitopalli1710]

hd

[@lionofiraq5134]

Hello I'm from Iraq, Baghdad, I want to go to America / Chicago What are the prices of the houses or apartments Are existing ownership of Iraqi citizens thank you

[@ayutchapraya9240]

Transformers city

[@cudnesnimke]

Uvijek su bili i uvijek će biti arogantni vozači (učesnici u saobraćaju) koji svjesno ili nesvjesno krše pravila i propise, jer čak nisu položili vozački ispit s dobro upućenim instruktorom itd.

[@TheodoreHowse]

I've loved Chicago for many years, but for some reason this video just doesn't do it for me. Has nothing to do with J-Utah...all his vids are great but I find myself completely underwhelmed by Chicago in this one and I don't know why

[@dab0331]

Teddy Holmes its the overcast. The summer time on a bright day the buildings and streets shine!

[@Countcho]

probably the weather. i live in WA. videos of seattle when its gloomy make it look depressing as heck, but when its sunny, it looks a whole lot better

[@afnanrehman866]

Is it better than Toronto?

[@chicago4life366]

Yes great veiw nice vibe and won finest downtowns as in 2017 popular vote.

[@chicago4life366]

@Ivan Mejia Chicago isn't boring it's fun! Plus violence is declining

[@JQ-dy3lu]

I've lived in both cities for an extended period of time, so I can help you with this question. General Layout Chicago feels way bigger than Toronto. Toronto has a very very very small downtown/business area compared to Chicago Loop. Not many tall buildings in Toronto as compared to Chicago and in general feels less metropolitan. The architecture in Toronto is really kind of ugly, a couple of mismatched office buildings downtown, combined with some ugly looking 60's apartment buildings and newer condominums randomly jutting out across the city. Chicago architecture is much more beautiful and the tall buildings in the loop look uniform, plus along the river during the summer is absolutely beautiful and along Lake Michigan there are a ton of beaches and a bike path, while Toronto lake front is incredibly ugly and filled with railway tracks. If you are looking for the big city/metropolitan feel, then Chicago is for you. +1 Chicago Economics: Economically, its hard to compare because Chicago is a major economic center of a very large country, while Toronto is a major economic center of a smaller country. I would say Chicago probably has more big companies headquartered there than Toronto, because it is part of the USA. But at the sametime, Chicago does feel like its not growing at all, while Toronto does have more growth economically. +1 Toronto Nightlife: If you are into nightlife, I would say Chicago is probably better. There are way more clubs and bars and you have all of river north to party in. Toronto has an entertainment district but it is literally one or two streets. +1 Chicago Crime: This is an important factor to talk about, Chicago is generally safe in the Loop and in the north (river north, Logan square, Lincoln park, etc.). South Chicago and West Chicago are not safe and this is where the bad reputation of Chicago for crime comes from. Most people never visit these places anyways so its unlikely you will experience crime. But Toronto is 99% safe wherever you go. There is a Jane and Finch neighborhood, but I've been there multiple times and it is pretty safe in general. +1 Toronto People: I would say Toronto is probably 25% white, 25% Indian, 25% Chinese, and 25% other minorities. Chicago is 30% white, 30% black, and 30% hispanic and 10% other minorities.