Out in the bigger world, there’s a contest going on to see who can build the biggest Ferris wheel. Navy Pier respectfully ... end or the big, gaudy tourism boats docked along the south like ...

At the apex of the new Ferris wheel ride at Navy Pier, almost 200 feet above the boat ... contemplative experience than Chicago’s other big skyward attractions, the Tilt! moving window wall ...

Jack Morey was 25 when The Giant Wheel was delivered by ship from Holland in 1985, one year after the Sea Serpent ... as construction manager for a big pier project. "I was 25, and I was like ...