Named the Magnificent Mile in the 1940s by developer Arthur Rubloff, it includes the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, London Guarantee Building, Palmolive Building, and the John Hancock Center. The Magnificent Mile was proposed in Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, and constructed in the 1920s.
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The 'Chicago Plan' was devised by local planners to transform Michigan Avenue from an Indian trading post into a major commercial boulevard. After widening the ...