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Looking south over the Michigan Avenue Bridge, circa April 1929, in Chicago. The lower level of the bridge at Michigan Avenue, shown here circa 1920s, helps alleviate many traffic problems with ...
After World War II, Chicago real estate developer Arthur Rubloff, in a masterstroke of urban branding, dubbed North Michigan Avenue “The Magnificent Mile.” The bridge itself was the foremost ...
CHICAGO (CBS) - The iconic Michigan Avenue Bridge has been renamed to honor the first settler in Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports that a dedication ceremony was ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The year is 1925, the view is of North Michigan Avenue from around Erie to Walton Street. (Click on the image for a larger view.) The Michigan Avenue Bridge was only about five ...
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 14 ... Hetler signaled for the opening of the bridge. Bridge Tender George B. McLaughlin started to raise the south span, unaware ...
The city of Chicago recently announced a $6.8 million ... the frieze sculpture of Potawatomi Chief Naunongee on the Michigan Avenue Bridge House. This sculpture is an important part of Indigenous ...
It's not often we say happy birthday to a bridge. But that's what happened Wednesday at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive as Chicago's most famous bridge celebrated a birthday. It's not as historic ...
He marked the occasion by dedicating the new Michigan Avenue Bridge. Now, that was something worth celebrating–and Chicago did. Michigan Avenue had always been a South Side street. It ended at ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Department of Transportation said emergency repairs to the Michigan Avenue Bridge will impact rush hour traffic Wednesday. According to CDOT, the bridge needs to ...
The Michigan Avenue bridge will be closed for maintenance work ... p.m. Wednesday and reopen at 5 a.m. Thursday, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation. During the closure, drivers ...
The beans, floating in the Chicago River beneath the Michigan Avenue Bridge, are part of an April Fools' Day prank from the new Harry Potter Shop, set to open this month in Chicago, according to a ...
Prepare your closets, Chicago fashion lovers ... long sample sale beginning June 3 at the Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, an announcement from the retailer says. Stream NBC 5 for ...