This year Chicago broke up the celebration. Instead of having millions of people all crowd into Navy Pier for the 15min fireworks show, they had three simultaneous shows at three separate locations. One at a north side location, one at Navy Pier in the middle, and one at a south side location.
Chicago politics and money are severely messed up! But if there is one thing Chicago does right, its celebrations! From parades, to street fests, to fireworks! This was an awesome idea! It takes hours to get out of Navy Pier, and for a 15minute show?! I only went once, and that was enough.
But this time I went down to Belmont Harbor. And so did a lot of people. With three lake shore locations, you could see a show from just about anywhere along the lake. Plenty of space and you could come and go without having to join a slow moving herd. From Belmont Harbor I could see both the Navy Pier and the north side shows.
Walking by the boat docks.
Private fireworks were going off on both sides as you walked toward the Lake.
Set off by others, not Chicago.
Here is a video of the North side location fireworks. They were beautiful and easy to see, but lacked the emotion of the booming sound and the patriotic music.
But even better was the show put on by somebody off the parking lot. I'm not kidding. They were shooting fireworks as I walked up to the lake. They shot off some to supplement Chicago's shows and then continued for an hour afterwords. It had four false finales. People cheered and the boats on the lake honked. I finally left and they were still going. I have no idea who did this or how they did it without getting shut down. But they did a fantastic job! Thanks whoever you are.
Take a look at a short clip from the longest fireworks show ever.
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