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November 27, 1998 [3] Loop Retail Historic District is a shopping district within the Chicago Loop community area in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Street to the north, Ida B. Wells Drive to the south, State Street to the west and Wabash Avenue to the east. The district has the highest density of National Historic ...
Chicago Loop. The Loop is Chicago 's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas. Located at the center of downtown Chicago [3] on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan. The headquarters and regional offices of several global ...
The Magnificent Mile, sometimes referred to as The Mag Mile, is an upscale section of Chicago 's Michigan Avenue, running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side. [ 1 ] The district is located within downtown and one block east of Rush Street. The Magnificent Mile serves as the main thoroughfare between Chicago's Loop ...
Added to NRHP. November 27, 1989. The A. M. Rothschild & Company Store, also known as the Goldblatt's Building, is a historic department store building located at 333 South State Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The store was built in 1912 for the Rothschild & Company department store, which was founded in the late 1800s by ...
Halle Bros. Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's, Inc, acquired it in 2005. Its founder, Marshall Field, was a pioneering retail magnate.
The Loop (historically Union Loop) is the 1.79-mile-long (2.88 km) circuit of elevated rail that forms the hub of the Chicago "L" system in the United States. As of April 2024, the branch served 40,341 passengers on an average weekday. [2] The Loop is so named because the elevated tracks loop around a rectangle formed by Lake Street (north side ...
Wicker Park, Chicago. Wicker Park is a neighborhood in the West Town community area of the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, [1] west of the Kennedy Expressway, east of Humboldt Park, and south of the Bloomingdale Trail, known for its hipster culture, art community, nightlife, and food scene. [2][3][4] Wicker Park has seen real estate and ...
1926. Wacker Drive is a major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River in the Loop. [ 2 ] The vast majority of the street is double-decked; the upper level is intended for local traffic, and the lower level for through-traffic and trucks ...