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45-431: Although the majority of the buildings in the neighborhood will be 21st century constructions resulting from the master plan, some of the current buildings were built as early as the 1960s and 1970s decades. Thus, the term "Lakeshore East" refers only to the components of the new master plan, while the term New Eastside refers to the greater neighborhood surrounding Lakeshore East that extends westward to Michigan Avenue . In

90-529: A condominium/hotel combination that is now the third tallest building in Chicago, began construction in August 2016 and was completed in 2020. Lakeshore East is a venture of Magellan Development Group LLC, a recently formed corporate partnership culminating a long-term collaboration between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential & Development. In 2017 revised plans were unveiled for remaining construction in

135-738: A double-decked boulevard along Pine Street as far as Ohio Street. When the Michigan Avenue Bridge was completed, Pine Street was renamed Michigan Avenue. At its north end it merges into Lake Shore Drive near the Drake Hotel . Today, the area north of the Chicago River is referred to as the " Magnificent Mile ", or sometimes simply the Mag Mile. It contains a mixture of upscale department stores , restaurants, high-end retailers, office buildings and hotels , and caters primarily to tourists and

180-586: A female-run architectural firm. The development has its own village center, named Village Market Center, which includes a full service supermarket . The other buildings completed in the first phase of development were The Regatta (2007), The Chandler (2008) and The Tides (2008) as well as the Benton Place Parkhomes townhouses (2009). In 2011, construction began on Coast at Lakeshore East . Lease occupancies began in February 2013. The St. Regis Chicago ,

225-421: A half-block to the east back into alignment with the run north of 63rd Street. It then continues south to 89th Street where it dead ends once again for a housing subdivision and a railroad line. It resumes at 91st Street heading south through the working class Roseland community, featuring a large commercial strip along Michigan between 111th and 115th streets. The street dead ends again at 127th Street just before

270-414: A magnificent 6-acre (24,000 m) botanical park. The plan, which had Adrian Smith as the design partner, calls for fourteen high-rise condominiums and two commercial officespace superstructures. Lakeshore East is within walking distance to the Chicago River , Lake Michigan , DuSable Harbor, Michigan Avenue , Grant Park , and Millennium Park . The park, named Lakeshore East Park, opened in 2005 and

315-565: Is a 44-story all-residential condominium designed by Fujikawa Johnson & Associates. Located on East Randolph Street in Chicago , Illinois , the building sits between the new 340 on the Park building to its west and the older Outer Drive East building to its east. Two parks, Millennium Park and Lakeshore East Park, are immediately located to the Buckingham's south and north faces respectively. It

360-476: Is a north-south street in Chicago that runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid . The northern end of the street is at DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Gold Coast Historic District . The street's southern terminus is at Sibley Boulevard in the southern suburb of Dolton , but like many other Chicago streets, it exists in several disjointed segments. As the home of

405-808: Is across the boulevard, in Grant Park along the Avenue. Several large historic hotels are located just south of Ida B. Wells Drive , including the Hilton Towers Chicago (formerly, the Stevens Hotel), the Congress Plaza Hotel and the Blackstone Hotel . Between them is the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. The Avenue extends south into Near South Side, Chicago and beyond – past what was once

450-645: Is home to two important local institutions. On the northwest corner is De La Salle Institute , a Catholic high school which was attended by future Chicago mayors Richard J. Daley , Richard M. Daley , and Michael Bilandic . On the southwest corner is the Chicago Police Department Headquarters. Michigan Avenue continues through the South Side and dead ends at 63rd Street, just north of a rail yard and parking lots. The Avenue continues heading south at 66th Street to Marquette Road, where it moves

495-505: Is now routed on Lake Shore Drive. Michigan Avenue originally ended at the Chicago River, and what is now Michigan Avenue north of the river was originally named Pine Street, after scattered pine trees originally found in its vicinity. As early as 1891 plans were proposed to extend Michigan Avenue north across the river. An early plan called for a tunnel to link Michigan Avenue south of the river with Pine Street, and in 1903 an editorial in

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540-482: Is one of the few buildings that predates the new Lakeshore East development in the New Eastside neighborhood. There are 7 rooms located on every residential floor of the building, for a total of 306 units. An indoor pool, sauna, laundry room, fitness center and open roof deck are located on the top floor. The Buckingham has 3 high-speed elevators that run the length of the building plus one elevator that runs from

585-665: Is primarily commercial north of 35th Street. The first city showcase on Michigan Avenue was the Exposition Building, which was built on the current site of the Art Institute, the east side of Michigan at Adams, in 1874. By the 1890s, an imposing wall of buildings was constructed on the west side of Michigan Avenue downtown, including the Auditorium Building and the main branch of the Chicago Public Library (now

630-510: Is supported by a mixture of public funds from the Chicago Park District and private funds from the neighboring Lakeshore East condominium buildings. It is the city's first and currently only free wireless park. The park features several fountains. The park is dog friendly and also home to a dog park where dogs can be let off leash. The Lancaster (completed in 2005) was Lakeshore East's first new completed building. The Shoreham (2005)

675-770: Is the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District . Major cultural institutions, such as the Chicago Cultural Center , Symphony Center , and the Auditorium Theater are located here, as are many late 19th and early 20th century skyscrapers. In 2009, the Chicago Cultural Mile Association was created to bring "awareness of the unique strengths and diverse offerings available to visitors" in this portion of Michigan Avenue. The Art Institute of Chicago

720-653: Is the former Illinois Automobile Club, which later was used as the home of the Chicago Defender , a prominent African-American Chicago newspaper at 2400 South Michigan. A little bit further south is Bronzeville , a historic black community in Chicago. Points of interest include the historic Mercy Hospital and Medical Center , the Illinois College of Optometry and the South Side Community Art Center . The intersection of Michigan Avenue and 35th Street

765-566: The Chicago Tribune newspaper proposed a new Bascule bridge across the river at Michigan Avenue. This plan was further elaborated upon in Daniel Burnham 's 1909 Plan of Chicago , and in 1911 a plan was selected that included the widening of Michigan Avenue from Randolph Street to the river, replacing the Rush Street bridge with a new bridge at Michigan Avenue and the construction of

810-878: The Bronzeville neighborhood. There are no bus routes along Michigan Avenue between 35th Street and 95th Street. South of 95th Street, more bus routes run along Michigan Avenue as multiple bus routes in the South Side end at the 95th/Dan Ryan station . At 121st Street, the State Street station on the Blue Island branch of the Metra Electric District serves Michigan Avenue. 41°53′48″N 87°37′27″W  /  41.89669°N 87.62416°W  / 41.89669; -87.62416 The Buckingham (Chicago, Illinois) The Buckingham , formerly known as Buckingham Plaza ,

855-637: The Cal-Sag Channel . It begins again in the south suburb of Riverdale before finally terminating at Sibley Boulevard or IL RT-83. The Chicago "L" Red Line 's Chicago and Grand stations are useful for reaching the Magnificent Mile. Both the Monroe and Jackson stations are close to the Art Institute. Stations on the east side of the Loop ( Adams/Wabash and Washington/Wabash stations) are also close to

900-572: The Chicago Cultural Center ). As the east side of Michigan Avenue downtown was developed as a park, the wall of buildings lining the west side of Michigan Avenue across from the park became the nucleus of the city's skyline. In 1924, the first traffic lights in Chicago were installed on Michigan Avenue after John D. Hertz fronted the city $ 34,000 for the purchase, installation, and maintenance. Historically, Illinois Route 1 and U.S. Route 41 were routed on Michigan Avenue. Illinois Route 1 has been truncated to Chicago's south side and U.S. Route 41

945-726: The Chicago Water Tower , the Art Institute of Chicago , Millennium Park , and the shopping on the Magnificent Mile , it is a street well-known to Chicago natives as well as tourists to the city. Michigan Avenue also is the main commercial street of Streeterville . It includes all of the Historic Michigan Boulevard District and most of the Michigan–Wacker Historic District , including

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990-473: The Illinois Center , and one of the challenges to the new development was to integrate itself into the inherited triple-level street system while creating a visually appealing and pedestrian friendly neighborhood. The solution was to stagger ground-level amenities and building entrances from the upper level at the perimeter to the lower level at the interior. Thus the multilevel street grid is utilized around

1035-399: The 1920s, North Michigan Avenue (especially the Magnificent Mile ) was referred to as "Upper Boul Mich". Paris 's Boulevard Saint-Michel is the original Boul Mich. North of the Chicago River today's Michigan Avenue was known as Pine Street. In 1866, a small portion of Pine Street was "vacated" and moved 80 feet (24 m) further west of the original Pine street location to accommodate

1080-560: The 1960s, Illinois Center near Michigan Avenue was developed. There is little formal distinction between buildings in the masterplan and other buildings in the neighborhood because the pre-existing buildings are referred to as being located in the Lakeshore East area. Lakeshore East features several of the tallest buildings in Chicago and may include a few of the tallest buildings in the United States . The overall planned development,

1125-518: The Art Institute. Millennium and Van Buren Street stations are located east of Michigan Avenue serving the Metra Electric and South Shore Lines. The avenue is also traversed by a multitude of bus routes and taxi cabs primarily in the Downtown and Magnificent Mile areas. South of downtown, plenty of bus routes (e.g. bus routes 1 and 4) continue to run south along Michigan Avenue before reaching

1170-875: The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower was completed in 2010. When Harbor Point and 400 East Randolph were built, Lake Shore Drive ran through this neighborhood to the west of these buildings, but it has since been rerouted to the east of these buildings. Buildings in the development have featured new segments of pedway . These have been integrated into the Chicago Pedway system, segments of which have formally existed since 1951. The pedway system provides connections between public and private buildings, Chicago Transit Authority stations and Metra commuter rail facilities. The pedway has generated controversy among Lakeshore East residents due to segments of promised pedway which have not been constructed. The archives available on

1215-443: The Lakeshore East area had been used by Illinois Central Railroad yards . After World War II , the railroads sold airspace rights north of Randolph Street . For several years after the rail yards were vacated, the site was used as a 9-hole golf course. Pete Dye designed the course, known as Metro Golf at Illinois Center, which was completed in 1994 and closed in 2001. The area was originally planned for development as part of

1260-520: The Michigan Avenue bridge in 1920. In 1926, after years of clogged automobile traffic, the water tower and pumping station were separated by realigning Michigan Avenue to run between them. In the Great Fire of 1871 , all buildings on Michigan Avenue from Congress Street north to the river were destroyed. Immediately after the fire, the character of Michigan remained residential, but the street no longer

1305-510: The NewEastside.org website show numerous plans and unfulfilled promise regarding connecting the pedway to most of the New Eastside. Among developers' unfulfilled promises regarding the pedway is promises dating as far back as the 1990s that the development would feature the construction of a full pedway link to Buckingham Plaza and North Harbor Tower . The 4, 6 and 60 CTA bus routes run along

1350-462: The affluent. The area also has a high concentration of the city's advertising agencies . It is the home of Chicago's famous Water Tower landmark, Jane Byrne Park around the Water Tower with its historic clock, as well as the eight-level Water Tower Place shopping center which grew up next door to, and overshadowed, the comparatively diminutive landmark. North of the shopping center can be found

1395-402: The borders of the Lakeshore East area, and the 60 makes a turnaround within it on Harbor Drive. This $ 4 billion lifestyle center spans 28 acres (0.044 sq mi; 0.113 km), and will include 4,950 residences, 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m) of gross commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, 770,000 square feet (72,000 m) of retail space and a planned elementary school surrounding

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1440-562: The edges, with large parking structures in the podiums, while a large park at the lowest level forms the core of the development. When the redevelopment was planned in 2001 and commenced in 2002, completion was anticipated to happen in 2013. The following buildings pre-existed the 21st century master plan for the neighborhood: Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower , Three Illinois Center , Swissôtel Chicago , Buckingham Plaza , The Parkshore , North Harbor Tower , 400 East Randolph Street Condominiums and Harbor Point . A 27-floor vertical expansion of

1485-622: The famous John Hancock Center , the art deco Palmolive Building (also known as the Playboy Building) and the lavish Drake Hotel . The entire mile is noted for its spectacular Christmas displays. At the northern edge of this district can be found the One Magnificent Mile building; Chicago Landmark East Lake Shore Drive District , an extremely expensive and exclusive one-block area of real estate running east from North Michigan Avenue and facing directly onto Lake Michigan ; and

1530-499: The installation of the new pumping station's standpipe. This standpipe, engineered to regulate water pressure, would be housed within architect William W. Boyington's castle structure (Water Tower) that still stands on that site today. In 1869 the Board of Public Works began paving Pine Street from Chicago Avenue to Whitney street (today, Walton street) the northern terminus, with Belgian wood blocks also known as Nicolson pavement. Pine Street

1575-548: The masterplan, but 42nd ward Alderman Brendan Reilly rejected them because of concerns about landscaping, security, minor traffic issues and building setbacks. They were revised in August 2018 to include buildings of 40, 50 and 80 storeys. The newly proposed plan would update and replace the 2001 masterplan. On mid-October 2018, the Chicago Plan Commission approved the plans that included a 950-foot (290 m) tower as one of four new towers. Chicago City Council approved

1620-650: The notorious Levee District , the graceful homes of the Prairie Avenue District , the historic Second Presbyterian Church , the former home of the legendary Chess Records at 2120 South Michigan and the site where the Lexington Hotel , a hideout of Al Capone , once stood. South of Cermak Road is the Motor Row District , a historic strip along Michigan Avenue that was home to many early 20th century automobile "palaces." A point of interest in this area

1665-479: The on-ramp to northbound Lake Shore Drive . For a few blocks on both sides of the Chicago River , the road is double-decked, including the bridge over the river. The lower level north of the river is where the famous Billy Goat Tavern is located, and south of the river it intersects with Lower Wacker Drive. On the upper lever, tall office buildings and hotels line both sides of the Avenue, until Millennium Park . The portion of Michigan Avenue opposite Grant Park

1710-525: The park, and several of the individual buildings have won awards for architecture and/or urban planning . The buildings are planned for various types of residential use ( condominiums , apartments , or hotels ). Due to the neighborhood's proximity to both Lake Michigan to the east and the Chicago River to the north, many of the buildings are named with aquatic or nautical themes. As of August 2008, 1,500 condominiums have been sold and 1,200 apartments have been completed. Previous to this urban development,

1755-432: The plans in an October 31 meeting. All of the buildings in Lakeshore East are luxury condos and high-end apartment highrises. Many of them are named with an aquatic theme. In addition to the luxury skyscrapers , the development will include 24 ultra-luxury town homes in the $ 2 million price range. The master plan won the 2002 American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. The park

1800-518: The scenic urban space anchored by the DuSable (Michigan Avenue) Bridge . The oldest section of Michigan Avenue is the portion that currently borders Grant Park in the Chicago Loop section of the city. The name came from Lake Michigan , which until 1871 was immediately east of Michigan Avenue. The street at that time ran north to the Chicago River and south to the city limits. Michigan Avenue initially

1845-415: Was Lakeshore East's first completed apartment building. 340 on the Park (2007) was briefly the tallest all-residential building in Chicago, but was surpassed by One Museum Park . Aqua (2009) is the first skyscraper in Chicago to combine condominium residences, luxury rentals, deluxe hotel and retail spaces in the same structure and it is believed to be the tallest building in the United States designed by

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1890-488: Was directly on the lake shore, as after the Fire, wreckage from the burnt district was used to fill in the inner harbor of Chicago, beginning the landfills that by the 1920s had moved the lake shore more than a quarter-mile east of its original shoreline, creating space for an expanded Grant Park. Beginning in the 1880s, the expansion of the central business district replaced houses on Michigan Avenue so that today, Michigan's character

1935-892: Was honored as the Best New Park in Chicago by Chicago magazine and the city’s Best New Open Space by the Friends of Downtown. The master plan, the park and several individual buildings have won numerous other awards. In 2008, the International Real Estate Federation declared the Lakeshore East master plan the recipient of the FIABCI Prix D'Excellence international award. Lakeshore was the only United States winner for international design excellence. 41°53′9.74″N 87°37′3.44″W  /  41.8860389°N 87.6176222°W  / 41.8860389; -87.6176222 Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue

1980-576: Was primarily residential. By the 1860s, however, 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 ". But in the 1900-1907 Ads for the Chicago Musical College, the address was referred to as "202 Michigan Boul." As recently as

2025-512: Was renamed to Lincoln Park Boulevard as far south as Ohio Street when the street connected with Lake Shore Drive in the early 1890s, and then became part of Michigan Avenue, which already had the name Michigan Avenue and was called Michigan Boulevard before the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, south of the Chicago River. Both the North and South Michigan Avenues were joined physically with the opening of

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