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The Magnificent Mile (also The Mag Mile) is a section of Michigan Avenue in Chicago devoted to retail, dining, hotels and tourist attractions. Running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side, [1] the district is located one block east of Rush Street and is the main retail corridor between the Loop and Gold Coast. [2]
Real estate developer Arthur Rubloff of Rubloff Company gave the nickname to one of the city's most prestigious residential and commercial thoroughfares in the 1940s. Currently Chicago's largest shopping district, various mid-range and high-end shops line this section of the street and approximately 3,100,000 square feet (290,000 m2) is ...
On July 17, seven farmers from "Long Island, New Jersey and upstate New York" participated in selling at the first greenmarket which quickly became successful. New York City Department of City Planning proposed to open a second farmers market at Union Square and a third one in Brooklyn. The Union Square Market opened on August 30, 1976, and the ...
Notable buildings in the district include the skyscrapers on the Magnificent Mile: The Magnificent Mile has Chicago Landmarks such as the Allerton Hotel and many medium to high-end shopping destinations. John Hancock Center (1,127 feet (344 m)) 900 North Michigan (871 feet (265 m)) Water Tower Place (859 feet (262 m)) Park Tower (844 feet (257 m))
Buffalo, New York: Delaware Avenue; Charlotte, North Carolina: Queens Road West and Eastover Road; Chicago: North Burling Street, [1] The Magnificent Mile, particularly north Michigan Avenue, Lake Shore Drive; Cincinnati: Dayton Street Historic District. Cleveland: Euclid Avenue (historic) Dallas: Swiss Avenue, Strait Lane, Preston Hollow
Chicago farmers' markets include approximately 30 open-air markets across neighborhoods with farmers from Illinois and surrounding states including Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Most of the markets are sponsored by the city and are held on one day of the week, with the exception of a few of the more popular ones, such as the Green City Market .
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.
One Magnificent Mile Condominium Association, also known as One Mag Mile or One Magnificent Mile is a mixed-use retail, office and residential skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building was aptly named after its location at the head of the Magnificent Mile shopping corridor immediately adjacent to the exclusive Oak Street shops.