Everything about State Street Chicago totally explained
State Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in
Chicago,
Illinois,
USA. It begins on the
Near North Side at
North Avenue. For much of its course, it lies between Wabash Avenue on the east and Dearborn Street/Lafayette Avenue on the west. It runs through the heart of Downtown Chicago and ends at the southern city limits, intersecting 127th Street along the bank of the
Little Calumet River. Its intersection with
Madison Street marks the base point for
Chicago's address system.
History
Originally known as State Road, it was the main route south through
Illinois. In its early days, it was unpaved and known for having mud so deep it could allegedly suck down a horse and buggy. In the late
1860s,
Potter Palmer decided to improve State Street by moving the
Field, Leiter & Co. store in
1868 and building his own
Palmer House hotel on State Street in
1870. The historic
Chicago Theatre is also located on State Street.
State Street shopping
State Street became a shopping destination during the
1900s and is referred to in the song
"Chicago", sung by
Frank Sinatra where Frank refers it to "State Street, that Great Street." In
1979, Mayor
Jane Byrne converted the downtown portion into a
pedestrian mall with only bus traffic allowed. Mayor
Richard M. Daley oversaw the State Street Revitalization Project and on
November 15,
1996, the street was reopened to traffic.
During the 20th century, State Street was largely eclipsed by
Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile shopping district. Various projects to restore State Street's glory have been met with some success, and the State Street corridor is gaining residential as well as more traditional commercial development. Today, the only two main department store chains that remain are
Macy's (formerly
Marshall Field's) and
Sears on State. The deparment store chain
Carson Pirie Scott closed their flagship store on State Street on
February 21,
2007 after over 100 years on business in that location.
Transport
The
Red Line subway of the
Chicago Transit Authority runs under State Street in the downtown loop area on its path from the
Howard Street station to the
95th/Dan Ryan station, and back.
Locations
In April 2006,
WLS-TV (ABC7) unveiled a new street-level news studio, giving Chicagoans walking by on State Street a direct view of the anchor desk, just as the broadcast cameras see it.
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Memorial
The bridge where State Street crosses the
Chicago River is named the
Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge in honor of the
World War II defenders of
Bataan and
Corregidor including those in the
Bataan Death March.
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