Walk along Chicago's Magnificent Mile
Hello, Hivers and Wednesday's walkers!
This week I have another walk from the ones we did in Chicago last April.
Last week I shared with you a walk in a neighborhood outside the most touristic circuit of the city in A short walk in Hyde Park, Chicago. Today, however, we are going to walk through a very touristic area since I invite you to join me to walk along the Magnificent Mile.
The Magnificent Mile is a stretch of Michigan Avenue, located between the Chicago River and Oak St. It is like the 5th Avenue in NYC, a commercial area full of upscale stores.
We walked this street several times during our trip, not because we were doing any upscale shopping 🤣 but because the hotel where we stayed while attending the Chicago Latino Film Festival, was a block away from this area. However, all the photos I share today are from April 22nd. At that time, we had already moved to a lodging south of the city, but we were going to the closing night of the festival and we would meet the rest of the group of filmmakers at the hotel. So we took the train to the Loop and from there walked northbound on the Magnificent Mile.
The view we were leaving behind to the south, the skyscrapers near the river and the Loop.
Oddly enough, every time we walked there I never found this stretch of the avenue to be too busy or with too much traffic. Maybe there will be more in the summer.
One of the most colorful parts of this street is in front of a store called Colores Mexicanos, where there is a huge Catrina on the sidewalk and there is always someone taking pictures of it.
Also in that part of the sidewalk, the arrival of spring was noticeable with beautiful tulips.
We keep going and have another view of the avenue to the south.
And continue walking along the sidewalk full of newly planted planters.
The building on the corner is a Starbucks Reserve, five floors with different exclusive products of the famous coffee chain. We didn't have the chance to go in and the truth is that we prefer small local coffee shops.
More flowers. They were so beautiful that I kept photographing them. 🌷
We continued walking and we could already make out the oldest building on this stretch of the Avenue, the Water Tower.
At this point, on the sidewalk in front of the tower, there is a shopping center called Water Tower Place, and behind it, which is not visible completely in the photo, is the John Hancock Tower.
We left the Water Tower behind and a block away from it we turned in Delaware St. to the hotel. And here we ended our walk along the Magnificent Mile. It is two more blocks long but we were already short of time and we didn't want to be late or miss the shuttle that would take us to the Theater where the closing of the Festival was.
And we arrived on time to the meeting point.
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Omg five floors of Starbucks!!!! I know, I know… it’s not a real coffeehouse and all their stores are identical, impersonal. But I love the Caramel Frappuccino. 🤣 (Only from time to time, it’s a sugar bomb)
I loved this walk. The Catrina statue, the colourful flowers… oh, and the Water Tower!! We have a Water Tower in my city, too, but it’s a modern building. Yours looks like it has some history behind. 😃
Hehe a caramel frappuccino? Well, now I have those bombs banned for life not to have a glucose spike hehe but they are a temptation.
Yes, the Water Tower has a lot of history behind it, and I have so many photos of it because I passed by there several times that maybe I can write a photo essay.
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It would be great to know more about the Water Tower! 🥳
Such a lovely place and beautiful pics @coquicoin A nice combination between buildings and flowers 🌺🏢😍
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There's a lot of tall and pretty buildings on the way, but only few people on the road. Is it because it's working hours 🤔. Anyways, there's a lot to admire in there, especially the flowers on the way. They are like a ray of sunshine that those having a sad time will be cheered by those pretty flowers. Even those trees without leaves is pretty, haha. I feel like I had a nice walk too. Thanks for the share, hehe.
Very nice place to walk and to admire those beautiful flowers. They are really eye catcher♥️.
What a beautiful city, with those tall buildings. I loved your photos of the flowers, I was amazed at how brightly colored they are. Very beautiful.
Everything looks fantastic in that city.
I'm not much of a shopper... when I go to the stores it's to look for something specific. But those little gardens... wow, how they light up the city with that color. I love this walk.
I know you enjoyed everything from the train transfer, there is so much to see, isn't there?
I'm not much of a shopper myself, although I can go window shopping sometimes, hehe.
Yes, there is a lot to see in Chicago. I feel that I didn't see half of everything I wanted to see. But what mattered most to me on that trip was spending time with my son, and so I did :)
Such a lovely place to walk with all those bright coloured flowers. Beautifully maintained.
A lovely walk. Thanks for sharing 😊
Have a great day!
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Great walk in the windy city. The flowers are spectacular and love the views of older and some newer buildings.
My favorite avenue!!! Magnificent! 🤩
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Very pretty and eye-catching those tulips. And those buildings are beautiful. I got to know Chicago thanks to you because your photos are spectacular. Thank you. 🥰❤️
Thank you 🥰 Feliz día!
The water tower structures look old and seem been standing there for centuries..
Nice walk Eli
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I have never felt so much like getting to know Chicago until today when I see your post. I think it is one of those places that would make me very happy. I see the streets, the leafless trees and the flowers and it makes me think of some places I saw in Spain, but here the most attractive thing are these incredible skyscrapers, love the architecture. I loved doing this walk together with you through what you have shared, thank you my friend 🙏
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What a beautiful widow, I love the huge buildings, the streets and the pedestrian ones, the decoration on the public roads is wonderful, I have never seen so many tulips together
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