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Chicago farmers' markets include approximately 30 open-air markets across neighborhoods with farmers from Illinois and surrounding states including Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Most of the markets are sponsored by the city and are held on one day of the week, with the exception of a few of the more popular ones, such as the Green City Market .
South Water Market is a historic produce market in the Lower West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.Completed in 1925, the complex was designed as a structured replacement to Chicago's sprawling downtown produce markets on South Water Street; while these markets had existed since the mid-19th century, they had become a traffic and sanitation problem.
For the first time, Chicago’s version of a German open-air Christmas market will sell a ceramic beer stein with a holiday-themed design. The cost: $20. The cost: $20.
The Randolph Street Market Festival, including its affiliated markets, covers some 8½ acres, over 350,000 square feet of indoor-outdoor exhibition space, anchored by the Chicago Plumber’s Union historic Art Deco style building, in the Main Hall and Lower Hall areas, and in the surrounding parking lot during the summer season.
A nativity scene in the market in 2001 The market in 2015. The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996. [1] [2] Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza. [2]
The Original Maxwell Street Market was an impromptu ghetto market established in the late 19th century by newly arrived Jewish residents from Eastern Europe. A Sunday-only affair, it was a precursor to the flea market scene in Chicago. The market was officially recognized by the city in 1912.
The market will also close early on July 3, Nov. 29, and Dec. 24 in anticipation of the holidays. This article was originally published on TODAY.com Show comments
The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are a stunning natural phenomenon that can be seen in metro Detroit and across Michigan tonight, under the right conditions. Photographers ...