Chicago Shopping

Chicago Shopping

(This list is just a sample of shopping opportunties in Chicago. Check with the concierge or guest services at Palmer House Hilton for more information on area restaurants, attractions and shopping.)

Shopping District

Stores

The Magnificent Mile
North Michigan Avenue

Up-scale shopping includes Water Tower Place Mall, 900 North Michigan Avenue Shops, and Chicago Place Shops

Up-scale shopping venues along the Magnificent Mile includes Water Tower Place Mall, 900 North Michigan Avenue Shops, and Chicago Place. Exclusive retail establishments include Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Marshall Field's. Boutiques include Cartier, Hermes, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., as well as a number of additional internationally recognized names.

State Street or "Loop"

The Loop is located in downtown Chicago. Stores located on State Street include Marshall Fields, Carson Pirie Scott, TJ Maxx, Filene's Basement, Payless Shoe Source, Toys 'R Us, Maller's Building (Jeweler's Row), Wabash Jeweler's Mall, Sharper Image, Crate & Barrel, Brooks Brothers, Petite Sophisticates, Talbott's, Eddie Bauer, Church's Shoes, Altman's Shoes & Boots, Crown Books, De Paul Music Mart. Other stores include art galleries, museum stores and novelty shops.

Oak Street
The Oak Street shopping district is located just off of the Magnificent Mile.

Stores in the Oak Street shopping district include designer shops--Giorgio Armani, Hino & Malee, Sonia Rykiel and Ultimo--and speciality shops--Marilyn Miglin Institute, Lester Lampert, Inc. and the Alaska Shop Gallery of Eskimo Art.

River North
This newly gentrified neighborhood is located on the north bank of the Chicago River just west of Michigan Avenue. Stores in this shopping district include art galleries, auction houses, antique dealers, jewelers and clothing boutiques. The first two floors of the Merchandise Mart, located in the southern part of the River North neighborhood, houses "The Shops At The Mart," an 80-store retail complex featuring Carson Pine Scott, The Coach Store, The Gap and The Limited.

Additional shopping information:

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Tourism/PressReleases/Shopping.html

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For more information about the conference, contact Julie Stewart, NCRCRD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1050; (515) 294-7648, (515) 294-3180 fax, jstewart@iastate.edu.

Chicago Shopping (This list is just a sample of shopping opportunties in Chicago. Check with the concierge or guest services at Palmer House Hilton for more information on area restaurants, attractions and shopping.)



Shopping District		Stores


The Magnificent Mile North Michigan Avenue Up-scale shopping includes Water Tower Place Mall, 900 North Michigan Avenue Shops, and Chicago Place Shops		Up-scale shopping venues along the Magnificent Mile includes Water Tower Place Mall, 900 North Michigan Avenue Shops, and Chicago Place. Exclusive retail establishments include Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Marshall Field's. Boutiques include Cartier, Hermes, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., as well as a number of additional internationally recognized names.

State Street or "Loop" The Loop is located in downtown Chicago.		Stores located on State Street include Marshall Fields, Carson Pirie Scott, TJ Maxx, Filene's Basement, Payless Shoe Source, Toys 'R Us, Maller's Building (Jeweler's Row), Wabash Jeweler's Mall, Sharper Image, Crate & Barrel, Brooks Brothers, Petite Sophisticates, Talbott's, Eddie Bauer, Church's Shoes, Altman's Shoes & Boots, Crown Books, De Paul Music Mart. Other stores include art galleries, museum stores and novelty shops.

Oak Street The Oak Street shopping district is located just off of the Magnificent Mile.		Stores in the Oak Street shopping district include designer shops--Giorgio Armani, Hino & Malee, Sonia Rykiel and Ultimo--and speciality shops--Marilyn Miglin Institute, Lester Lampert, Inc. and the Alaska Shop Gallery of Eskimo Art.

River North This newly gentrified neighborhood is located on the north bank of the Chicago River just west of Michigan Avenue.		Stores in this shopping district include art galleries, auction houses, antique dealers, jewelers and clothing boutiques. The first two floors of the Merchandise Mart, located in the southern part of the River North neighborhood, houses "The Shops At The Mart," an 80-store retail complex featuring Carson Pine Scott, The Coach Store, The Gap and The Limited.

Additional shopping information: http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Tourism/PressReleases/Shopping.html

Return to NCRCRD Home Page

For more information about the conference, contact Julie Stewart, NCRCRD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1050; (515) 294-7648, (515) 294-3180 fax, jstewart@iastate.edu.