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Shopping Destinations

State Street
1 boutiques along bustling Clark
Street. Zoning regulations have
A slew of chain stores line this
legendary street (see p73), but it’s the kept out big-box stores with the
two old-time department stores that result that the bookshops, galleries,
make it unique. The former Marshall design stores, and clothing
Field’s, now Macy’s (see p76), here specialists offer unique goods.
since 1907, has merchandise to
Bucktown Neighborhood
satisfy every wealthy shopper’s needs. 4
At TJ Maxx the prices are lower, but MAP B4 • Borders: Fullerton
the variety is still extensive (see p76). Ave. to Division Ave. & Kennedy
Expressway to Western Ave.
Once a hotspot for starving artists,
Bucktown and adjacent Wicker Park
are now gentrified locales brimming
with vintage clothes stores, edgy
music shops, high-style designer
boutiques, and antiques importers.
Bloomingdale’s Home
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and Furniture Store
MAP K3 • 600 N. Wabash Ave.
• Opening times vary • DA
This store’s lovingly restored 1913
Moorish-style building is an
attrac tion in its own right. Inside
there’s a sleek, four-level atrium with
home decor departments that sell
everything from bedding to furniture.
Broadway Antique
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Market
MAP E2 • 6130 N. Broadway • Open
Inside Macy’s, State Street 11am–7pm, Mon–Sat, 11am–6pm
Sun • DA
Oak Street
2 An old-time movie palace sign
indicates the 1939 building that houses
MAP L1 • Borders: N. Michigan
Ave. & Rush St. this market. With 85 dealers stocking
If you have to ask how much it costs, artwork, jewelry, clothing, and more
you should probably plan on just in styles such as Arts and Crafts, Art
window-shopping along this stretch Deco, and Mid-Century Modern,
of Chicago’s upper-crust Gold Coast. you’re sure to find something to suit.
Boutiques here sell designer wear,
accessories, and shoes fit for a Paris
runway – and include some shops
exclusive to Chicago such as Tessuti
(menswear) and Designs by Ming
(custom clothing design).
Andersonville
3
MAP B3 • Clark St. between
Foster and Bryn Mawr
This far Northside neighborhood
hosts a string of independent Broadway Antique Market

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