Chicago: Magnificent Mile

Where is the Magnificent Mile located?
What is found along Oak Street?
Which building survived the Chicago fire?

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• along North Michigan Avenue, north of the Chicago River [From the photo, how do you know that this a very expensive shipping street?]
• Oak Street: world famous designer clothing shops
• Chicago fire: the limestone Water Tower, which was used in the 19th century to pump water out of Lake Michigan for the city's drinking water

Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 June 1996