Bayfront Park

The park began construction in 1924 under the design plans of Warren Henry Manning and officially opened in March 1925. Bayfront Park is host to many large events such as the New Year’s ball drop, Christmas celebrations, concerts, the Bayfront Park Amphitheater, the Tina Hills Pavilion, as well as boat tours around Biscayne Bay. On February 15, 1933, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was shot three times in the chest and mortally wounded while shaking hands with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in front of Bayfront Park by assassin Giuseppe Zangara.