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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.
The fair runs the week of Expo, Chicago’s (regular-sized) annual international fair and opens on April 12 at Color Club. In 2023, the gallery Pickleman presented a tiny version of a Chicago ...
Art Chicago was founded as an American version of the Art Basel contemporary art exposition in 1980. Founded by Michigan print dealer John Wilson, Chicago International Art Exposition premiered in May at Navy Pier. The show attracted 80 dealers and 10,000 visitors. It was the first such modern fair in North America. [2]
In 2009, the Chicago Cultural Mile Association was created to bring "awareness of the unique strengths and diverse offerings available to visitors" [11] in this portion of Michigan Avenue. The Art Institute of Chicago is across the boulevard, in Grant Park along the Avenue.
The view north from the foot of the Magnificent Mile in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District: the Beaux Arts Wrigley Building (left) and neo-Gothic Tribune Tower. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, State Street (anchored by Marshall Field's) in the downtown Loop, especially the Loop Retail Historic District, was the city's retailing center. [3]
From 1912 to 1917, the Fine Arts Building housed the Chicago Little Theatre, an art theater credited with beginning the Little Theatre Movement in the United States. Not being able to afford rental on the building's 500-seat auditorium, co-producers Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg rented a large storage space on the fourth floor at the back and built it out into a 91-seat house. [14]
The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24, 1879, and changed to its current name on December 23, 1882. [5] It was originally established as both a school and museum, and stood on the southwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street, [6] where it rented space. [7]
The festival runs from 6-11 p.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday, and 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday at Freedom Hill County Park at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, 14900 Metro Parkway ...