page_title: Historic Michigan Boulevard District
section_title: Buildings in the District
hierarchical_section_title: Historic Michigan Boulevard District / Buildings in the District
context_page_description: The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th or Roosevelt Road, depending on the source, and Randolph Streets and named after the nearby Lake Michigan. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 27, 2002. The district includes numerous significant buildings on Michigan Avenue facing Grant Park. In addition, this section of Michigan Avenue includes the point recognized as the end of U.S. Route 66. This district is one of the world's best known one-sided streets rivalling Fifth Avenue in New York City and Edinburgh's Princes Street. It lies immediately south of the Michigan–Wacker Historic District and east of the Loop Retail Historic District.
context_section_description: Several of the buildings listed below have played a prominent role in the cultural history of Chicago.
  The Blackstone has become part of Chicago's history as the city that has hosted more United States presidential nominating conventions (26) than any other two American cities, The Blackstone Hotel has hosted almost every 20th century U.S. President, and it has contributed the phrase "in a smoke-filled room" to American political parlance.
  The Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuted on October 16, 1891 and made its home in the Auditorium Theatre until moving to Orchestra Hall in 1904. Theodore Roosevelt gave his famous Bull Moose speech in 1912 at the Auditorium and was nominated for President of the United States by the independent National Progressive Party.  The Auditorium has hosted Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Grateful Dead, and many others.  The Auditorium Building is considered a milestone in the development of modern architecture.
  The Chicago Cultural Center serves as the city's official reception venue where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. According to Crain's Chicago Business, the Chicago Cultural Center was the eighth most-visited cultural institution in the Chicago area in 2004, with 767,000 visitors.  The interior includes ornate mosaics, marbles, bronze, and stained-glass domes designed by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.
  The Art Institute of Chicago is a fine-art museum well known for its Impressionist and American art.
  North to south:
  Statuses
  CL-Chicago Landmark
  NHL-National Historic Landmark
  NRHP-National Register of Historic Places
caption: view from BP Pedestrian Bridge overpass
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