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Chicago is the U.S.A.'s capital of architecture, and its Magnificent Mile is a perfect dressing window for this city. Its actual name is North Michigan Avenue, which leads from Chicago River to Oak Street Beach. It was dubbed the Magnificent Mile, not only because the distance covered is roughly a mile, but also because Chicagoans are proud of their city and use superlatives to describe it.
Here, you can shop at all famous American stores, on both sides of the avenue. When doing both sides of the street, you can walk two miles with shops at your side all the time, only interrupted by a restaurant or an office building. At the same time, you can enjoy marvelling at some fine examples of modern, art deco and Gothic architecture. A good start is the Hancock Building, which offers you a good view over the Magnificent Mile and the rest of Chicago's impressive skyline. This is one of Chicago's highest structures at over 1000 feet or 300 metres above street level.
From here, walking towards Chicago River you can see the Watertower right below Hancock Building. Further on, you come across both modern and classical style buildings, with at the end of the Magnificent Mile, the Chicago Tribune building as a prime example of fusion between Gothic and modern architecture, and the Wrigley Building on the other side of the street. The latter towers over the street, has a very curious angle, and a skywalk between the two towers.
