Michigan Avune, from the river to Randolph Street, is a wide thoroughfare between towering buildings. South of Randolph Street the lake side of the avenue opens on Grant Park, but on the west side the line of buildings continues unbroken in the “Splendid Mile,” best known part of the Chicago skyline.
Here, in sharp contrast, are spread many of Chicago’s finest buildings, the old, for the most part, in the southern portion, the new northward, near the river. Bordered with smart shops, fine hotels, and office buildings, Michigan Avenue is somewhat reminiscent of Gotham’s Fifth Avenue, but has a vigorous, breezy character all its own.
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