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A visit to Chicago would be incomplete without a shopping spree!Shopping in Chicago began on State Street (that great street!) with the opening of the original Marshall Field's Department store in 1852. Today, shoppers at Field's flagship store will find an outstanding selection of men's and women's apparel, an extensive housewares department, several fine restaurants, a food court and a visitor center. State Street is also home to another famous Chicago department store, Carson Pirie Scott, where customers are drawn into the entrance of the store by the ornate ironwork designed by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan in 1899. A shopping spree must include a visit to the famed "Magnificent Mile," which runs along Michigan Avenue from Oak Street to the Chicago River. Amidst department store giants, Marshall Field's, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's, are hundreds of specialty shops and boutiques offering goods from around the world. Oak Street, just west of Michigan Avenue, is a boutique shopper's dream with such stores as Ultimo, Gianni Versace and Giorgio Armani. An abundance of shopping can also be found at Water Tower Place, the 900 North Michigan Avenue Shops, Chicago Place Shopping Center, Navy Pier, dozens of Chicago neighborhoods and "The Shops at the Mart" located at Chicago's Merchandise Mart. |