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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Philip Enquist

EXPLAINED: Five ways to make michigan avenue even greater | Rare Historical Photos

Michigan Avenue can become one of America’s great streets — again. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Great cities tend to have great streets. Look at Barcelona and La Rambla, or Paris and Les Champs-Elysées.

Chicago has many great streets, but one is iconic — and could be simply brilliant — and that is Michigan Avenue. Chicago has the opportunity to celebrate and strengthen this civic “boulevard,” elevate it to global greatness and improve city-wide connectedness. It can evolve into a more diverse, people-centric, public realm for everyone, local and international.

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