Historic Michigan Boulevard District

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The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a landmarked stretch of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue famed for its early skyscrapers, grand cultural institutions, and iconic views overlooking Grant Park and the lakefront.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago Landmark
National Register of Historic Places district
historic district
borderedBy Grant Park
cityDesignContext Plan of Chicago
surface form: Burnham Plan of Chicago
faces Grant Park
Lake Michigan lakefront
hasArchitecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Chicago School architecture
surface form: Chicago School

Neoclassical
hasBuilding Art Institute of Chicago
surface form: The Art Institute of Chicago

Auditorium Building (Chicago)
surface form: The Auditorium Building

The Blackstone Hotel
The Borg-Warner Building
Chicago Athletic Association Building
surface form: The Chicago Athletic Association Building

The Chicago Club
Chicago Cultural Center
surface form: The Chicago Cultural Center

The Crain Communications Building
Fine Arts Building
surface form: The Fine Arts Building

The Hilton Chicago
The Metropolitan Tower
The Monroe Building
The Old Republic Building
McClurg Building
surface form: The Peoples Gas Building

Railway Exchange Building
surface form: The Railway Exchange Building

The Santa Fe Building
The Steger Building
surface form: The Smurfit-Stone Building

The Steger Building
hasFunction commercial
cultural
hospitality
institutional
hasViewOf Grant Park streetwall
isTouristAttraction true
knownFor Beaux-Arts architecture
cultural institutions
early skyscrapers
iconic skyline views
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Michigan Avenue
overlooks Grant Park
Lake Michigan
partOf Chicago Landmark
surface form: Chicago Landmark Districts
streetType boulevard

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Chicago Loop contains Historic Michigan Boulevard District
South Michigan Avenue hasLandmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District
South Michigan Avenue partOf Historic Michigan Boulevard District
Gage Building (Chicago) locatedInDistrict Historic Michigan Boulevard District
Chicago 'L' Red Line Chicago station (nearby) hasNearbyAttraction Historic Michigan Boulevard District
this entity surface form: North Michigan Avenue shopping district
North Bridge isPartOf Historic Michigan Boulevard District
this entity surface form: North Michigan Avenue commercial district
Nordstrom Michigan Avenue partOf Historic Michigan Boulevard District
this entity surface form: North Michigan Avenue shopping district
Illinois Street locatedNearShoppingDistrict Historic Michigan Boulevard District
subject surface form: Illinois Street (Chicago)
this entity surface form: North Michigan Avenue shopping district
Gage Group partOf Historic Michigan Boulevard District
this entity surface form: Chicago Landmark Michigan Boulevard District
Railway Exchange Building partOf Historic Michigan Boulevard District
this entity surface form: Michigan Boulevard Historic District
Gage Building partOf Historic Michigan Boulevard District
this entity surface form: Michigan Boulevard Historic District