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Jason Pettus :blobrainbow: (@jasonpettus) · 02/2019 · Tröts: 3.862 · Folger: 427
Di 21.05.2024 22:47
The public express bus from Hyde Park to downtown Chicago has its northern terminus right near Michigan and Wacker, at the southern tip of the so-called #MagnificentMile; and last night I had to walk the entire length of the Mag Mile to get to the steakhouse where I was having dinner with my cousin, so I decided to take lots of photos, 12 being shared here in three posts. Read each image's alt text for its individual description. 3/3
Magnificent Mile Walk 9/12: The commercial northern tip of the Mag Mile, consisting of first the old Water Tower, then the Water Tower urban mall, then the Hancock Building, then the Bloomingdale's at 900 N. Michigan. Then at that point DuSable Lake Shore Drive swerves in from the east to west, to get out of the way of Lake Michigan, and the official tourist shopping district officially ends, although with a series of boutiques and high-end restaurants still continuing northward another three blocks.
Magnificent Mile Walk 10/12: Until the 1950s, everything north of river (now known as the tourist district River North) was nothing but riverside warehouses and the flophouses and dive bars where their employees lived and drank. Those started getting torn down in the '50s and '60s, but then sped way up in the '70s and '80s; when my friend Carrie and I were in our twenties and still working office jobs downtown ourselves, this place you're seeing here was notoriously known as the very last low-class dive bar left in the neighborhood, stuck directly between all these froo-froo national flagship stores for mega-brands. But alas, COVID did to it what encroaching gentrification couldn't, and it closed last year. I'm sure it'll be a Sunglasses Hut soon.
Magnificent Mile Walk 11/12: Beyond the northern terminus of Mag Mile itself lies another four blocks of extremely high-end and ultra-small boutiques, very exclusive restaurants, and hotels for the ultra-rich. Instead of growing up from River North, it actually grew south a while ago from the neighboring Gold Coast just to its north, the city's very first rich neighborhood from way back in the mid-1800s. This is where the legendary Gibson's Steakhouse is that my cousin wanted to take me out to eat at, and I absolutely let him do that.
Magnificent Mile Walk 12/12: And as a bonus final shot, later at 9 pm when it was finally time to part ways, and for me to yet again walk an entire mile south along Michigan Avenue before getting to my bus stop that will take me home to the Hyde Park neighborhood, I realized along the way that I needed to go to the bathroom, so I ducked down into the Riverwalk area (along the river's edge, natch), whose public bathrooms are notoriously open until 11 pm on warm evenings. And sure enough, it was still packed with people down there at 9 pm, and the bathrooms were open, clean, and safe, and there were still restaurants and bars even still open down there where people were eating and drinking. Didn't realize this happened so late into the evening along the Riverwalk, but that certainly makes for a nice late-night thing for tourists staying in the Loop to do.
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