The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Chicago’s own North Michigan Aveune was named one of the 10 Great Streets in America by the American Planning Association this month.
With everything from Cartier to the Cheesecake Factory, it’s a tourist’s wonderland. But the APA (with an office on South Michigan Avenue) says it honored the Magnificent Mile for its “urban symbiosis.”
North Michigan Avenue was included in Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett’s 1909 Plan of Chicago as a major commercial corridor. But over time, high-rise office buildings, luxury retailers, hoteliers and corporate headquarters rounded out the neighborhood.
Today, Chicagoans of every stripe and visitors from all around the world make it an active and multi-faceted urban hub.
Other honored streets include St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, LA, 125th Street in New York City and Ocean Drive in Miama, FL.
