You can walk to McCormick Place, but not without dodging cars.

The excitement brought 33,000 attendees to McCormick Place for opening day in 1961.

Far be it from these people to find their own way to McCormick Place.

At the time, the parking lot was being used to stage events at McCormick Place.

We start off - and this is in the large auditorium at McCormick Place.

McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America.

This 1934 endpoint was roughly at the site of today's McCormick Place.

It was located to the south of McCormick Place.

Available for conventions 330 days annually, McCormick Place is now booked 90 percent of the time.

Which meant that a whole lot of people were having to find their ways to McCormick Place all the time, every day.