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66  CHIC A GO AREA B Y AREA

Upscale boutiques lining Oak Street
7 John Hancock Graham of Skidmore, Owings 8 Oak Street
Center and Merrill and engineer Fazlur R. Between Rush St. & N Michigan Ave.
Khan, the John Hancock Center
875 N Michigan Ave. Map 2 D4. 360 Map 2 D3. q Chicago (Red Line).
Chicago: Tel (312) 751-3680. opened in 1969, and houses See Shops and Markets: pp158–9.
q Chicago (Red Line). offices, condominiums, and
Open 9am–11pm daily. & to 360 shops in 2.8 million sq ft Tree-lined Oak Street at the
Chicago (children under 5 free). 7 (0.26 million sq m) of space. north end of the Magnificent
0 h ∑ 360chicago.com The elevator ride to the top is Mile is home to many upscale
touted as the fastest in boutiques such as
The John Hancock Center North America. At a Prada, Hermès, Sonia
stands out as a bold feature of speed of 20 miles (32 Rykiel, Luca Luca, and
the Chicago skyline. The 100- km) per hour, you reach Jil Sander.
story building has 18-story- the observatory in just Along with its chic
long steel braces crisscrossing 40 seconds. On a clear fashion boutiques, Oak
the tapering obelisk tower like day, you can see for up Street has numerous
stacked Xs. to 80 miles (130 km). art galleries, such as
The center’s major attraction The view is especially the Colletti Antique
is 360 Chicago, formerly known dazzling during the late- Poster Gallery,
as the Hancock Observatory, afternoon when the specializing in original
located on the 94th floor. sun falls on the works from 1880
Here, 1,127 ft (343 m) above downtown buildings. to 1940. Perhaps
the Magnificent Mile, you A wall-to-wall exhibition the grandest one-stop
can actually go outside, in the observatory shop in Oak Street
onto Chicago’s only open-air traces Chicago’s history. is Barneys New York,
(screened) skywalk, or experience The center’s lower The John Hancock which opened its
a physically tilting observation courtyard has several Center spacious store
deck dubbed as the “TILT”. cafés, with patios here in 2009.
Designed by architect Bruce in summer. Luxury brands and Barneys’
in-house label attract
distinguished shoppers.
The 20-story apartment
building (1929) at No. 40
was designed by Ben Marshall,
architect of the Drake Hotel.

9 Drake Hotel
140 E Walton Pl. Map 2 D3.
Tel (312) 787-2200. q Chicago
(Red Line). 7 0 - See Where
to Stay: p144 .
∑ thedrakehotel.com
The essence of the golden age
in the heart of the Magnificent
Mile, the 537-room Drake Hotel
opened in 1920. Designed by
Entrance to the 1920s Drake Hotel Marshall and Fox, and inspired

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