State Street - The Historical Marker Database
WEBJan 31, 2024 — State Street Marker: Reliance Building. early steel and glass skyscrapers. In 1899, Louis Sullivan began designing the Schlesinger and Mayer Store building, which has housed Carson’s since 1904. There is no finer example of a …
State Street (Chicago) - Wikipedia
WEBState Street is a large south-north street, also one of the main streets, in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. Its intersection with Madison Street ( 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.8820°N 87.6278°W / 41.8820; -87.6278 ) has marked the base point for Chicago's address system since 1909
State Street - chicagology
WEBMar 17, 2003 — One of the oldest names In State street is that of C. D. Peacock, jewelers. Besides the many large department stores, State st. has dozens of specialty shops and “five and tens,” mostly catering to the women, tho a few specialize In men’s wear. The street possesses a number of fine movie theaters.
Marshall Field and Company Building - Wikipedia
WEBThe Marshall Field and Company Building is a National Historic Landmark retail building on State Street in Chicago, Illinois. Now housing Macy's State Street, the Beaux-Arts and Commercial style complex was designed by architect Daniel Burnham and
1909-1911—Chicago Street Renumbering
WEBMar 17, 2003 — In 1901, a Lyon & Healy bill collector, Edward P. Brennan, wrote a letter to the Committee on Street Nomenclature and suggested that Chicago be ordered as a large grid with a uniform street numbering system, and proposed State and Madison Streets as the city’s primary north-south and east-west axis.
History of State Street: How It Remained a Great Street - Loop Chicago
WEBThe story of State Street begins in 1831 when the Illinois legislature officially authorized a State Road connecting Vincennes to Chicago. The name State Street came from this road, which ran along the eastern boundary of Chicago.
That Not-So-Great Street: State Street in Transition - Forgotten Chicago
WEBSep 13, 2016 — The battle between 1975 and 1991 to design, build, and open a new central Chicago Public Library is closely linked to the decades-long decline in the southern end of Chicago’s famed State Street shopping district, and the seemingly endless efforts to eradicate the more sordid portions of this internationally known retail destination.
Ghosts of Black Fridays Past on Chicago’s State Street
WEBNov 23, 2016 — Black Friday in Chicago always brings hordes of deal-seekers to the downtown State Street shopping district. The term Black Friday arose in the 1980s, but State Street, that “great street,” has been a shopping mecca since the days of the great department stores.
Then and Now: State Street and Madison Street | WTTW Chicago
WEBThe intersection of State Street and Madison Street was for many years “the world's busiest corner.” It is the starting point of Chicago’s street numbering system. Slide the Time Machine slider bar to see how this intersection has evolved through the years.
The Century and Consumers Buildings - PRESERVATION CHICAGO
WEBMar 6, 2024 — Preservation Chicago has long been concerned about the deferred maintenance, vacancy and deteriorating condition of the Century and Consumers Buildings, fronting State Street, Adams Street and Quincy Court, in the heart of the Chicago Loop and Central Business District.