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It was home to the editorial and business offices of Playboy magazine until 1989, when Playboy moved its offices to 680 N Lake Shore Drive. Playboy had sold the leasehold in 1980 and signed a 10-year lease that expired in 1990. The new leaseholder renamed the building 919 North Michigan Avenue. [2]
Michigan Avenue initially was primarily residential. By the 1860s, large homes and expensive row houses dominated Michigan Avenue. At no point is Michigan Avenue currently called Michigan Boulevard, but prior to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the street was officially known as Michigan Boulevard and often referred to as "Boul Mich". [2]
820 S. Michigan Avenue, the iconic building constructed for the Johnson Publishing Company, publishers of Ebony and Jet magazines, was designed by John Moutoussamy, and was the first African-American-owned building in Chicago's downtown area. It remains the only Chicago high-rise to be designed by an African American. [9]
The Gage Group Buildings consist of three buildings located at 18, 24 and 30 S. Michigan Avenue, between Madison Street and Monroe Street, in Chicago, Illinois. They were built from 1890–1899, designed by Holabird & Roche for the three millinery firms - Gage, Keith and Ascher.
2930 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 102 Chicago, Illinois 60616 United States: Circulation: 60,000 (as of June 2020) ISSN: 1096-6919: OCLC number: ... including a magazine ...
Apple Michigan Avenue is a retail location of Apple Inc., in the Near North Side, Chicago, United States. It is in the luxury shopping district of Magnificent Mile , adjacent to Pioneer Plaza . The store is considered one of several Apple flagship locations and the preeminent store for Apple in Chicago and the Midwest .
In January 2007, Paula Fasseas was labeled a "Transformer" by Chicago magazine and honored as Chicago Magazine’s Chicagoan of the Year. [12] The award is set out to honor a handful of people that have changed Chicago for the better. [13] In 2003, PAWS Chicago won the Chicago Innovation Award by the Chicago Sun-Times. [14]
It is located at East 47th Street and South Michigan Avenue, just one block east of the former Chicago Housing Authority's Robert Taylor Homes site. In total, the building is made up of 421 apartments, a large landscaped courtyard, and retail space at street level.