Rush Street (Chicago)

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Coordinates: 41°53′32″N 87°37′31″W / 41.89222°N 87.62528°W / 41.89222; -87.62528 (Rush Street at Ohio)
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Rush Street
Department of Streets & Sanitation
South end401 North at Kinzie/Water Streets (65 East)
Major
junctions		Chicago Avenue (800 North)

Ohio St./Ontario St. (east/westbound)

from/to Kennedy Expressway I-90 / I-94
North end1138 North at Cedar and State Streets (0 East)

Rush Street is a

community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The street, which starts at the Chicago River between Wabash and North Michigan Avenues, runs directly north until it slants on a diagonal as it crosses Chicago Avenue then it continues to Cedar and State Streets, making it slightly less than a mile long.[1] One lane also runs southbound from Ohio Street (600N) to Kinzie Street (400N) as part of a two-way street segment. It runs parallel to and one block west of the Magnificent Mile on the two-way traffic North Michigan Avenue, which runs at 100 east up to 950 north.[2] The street, which is also one block east of the one-way southbound Wabash Avenue, formerly ran slightly further south to the Chicago River where over time various bridges connected it to the Loop, Chicago's central business district
.

Rush Street's history traces back to the original incorporation of the city in the 1830s. It has since hosted important residences, such as the house of the first

Michigan Avenue Bridge has taken over the role as the primary river crossing for this neighborhood.[8]

Background

Benjamin Rush by Charles Willson Peale, 1783

Rush Street was named after Benjamin Rush, one of the four physician signators of the United States Declaration of Independence. It is one of several places named after Rush in Chicago; other such places are

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.[1]

As part of the original incorporated city of Chicago in 1837,

William Ogden by John M. Van Osdel).[3] The house, bounded by Erie, Ontario, Rush and Cass (now Wabash Avenue) Streets, did not survive the Great Chicago Fire
of 1871.

After the Great Chicago Fire, the Near North Side became a refuge for many due to its wide streets, high ground, good drainage, and proximity to both the Lake Michigan lakeshore and Lincoln Park. Cyrus McCormick built a mansion at 675 Rush Street between 1875 and 1879.[11] The mansion, located at the corner of Rush and Erie, lured so many relatives to move nearby that the neighborhood became known as "McCormickville" by the 1880s.[12][13] The street subsequently hosted elite Chicago socialites.[13] Cyrus' brother Leander J. McCormick built the Virginia Hotel at the northwest corner of Rush and Ohio.41°53′32″N 87°37′31″W / 41.89222°N 87.62528°W / 41.89222; -87.62528 (Rush Street at Ohio) Opening just a few years before the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the 400-room hotel was advertised as "an absolutely fire-proof building and a finished hotel second to no other."[14] The hotel featured ornate granite interiors decorated with marble statues, separate "gentlemen's smoking room" and "ladies dining room", and a room of boilers and dynamos to offer the latest technology: electric lights.[14] Well into the 20th century, residential buildings faced Rush Street until the demands of the expanding commerce—especially concentrations of restaurants and night clubs—consumed its real estate.[15]

Intersections
Endpoint at State Street (2008-05-14)
Wabash intersection (2008-05-14)
One-way traffic begins at Ohio Street
Frank Sinatra Way intersection (2008-05-14)
Magnificent Mile's Michigan Ave. from Rush & Ohio Streets (2007-07-28)
Aon Center, Tribune Tower, NBC Tower, et al. from Rush & Ohio Streets (2007-07-28)
Connors Park (2008-05-14)
Mariano Park (2008-05-14)
Rush Street views
Street view with carriage traffic (2008-05-14)
Chestnut St (Mike Ditka Way) intersection (2008-05-14)
Rush Street-State Street sign
Connors Park (2008-05-14)
Foot of Rush Street
Michigan Avenue Bridge

In the 1950s, the

one-way streets. This was most effectively used in the Loop and Near North Side community areas.[16] Most of the Near North Side streets remain one-way today as a result. Rush Street is among the area's one-way streets: except for a short segment, only northbound travel is permitted.[17]

Geography

Rush Street runs north–south and in a north-northwest direction (see map in external links). It runs north–south at 65 east from 400 north at its southern terminus at Kinzie Avenue to 800 north at Chicago Avenue between Michigan Avenue to the east at 100 east and Wabash Avenue to the west at 44 east. On the north side of Chicago it runs straight on a slight diagonal to the street grid. By the time it travels three blocks north to Delaware Place at 900 north, it intersects Wabash.[18] It then continues on a diagonal for four more blocks where it intersects the north–south running State Street (the centerline between east and west)[19] at Cedar Street which runs at 1120 north.[20] It is crossed by Ohio Street and Ontario Street which feed from and to the Kennedy Expressway to the west.[17]

On the north side of

art galleries than any neighborhood outside of Manhattan.[22]

Both of the diagonal crossings border

Illinois State Senate Minority Leader William Connors in 1970. This park was acquired by the city in 1848 and has been renamed several times.[23] At the State Street crossing, which has an official address of 1031 North State Street, Mariano Park exists and was renamed for Louis Mariano in 1970. This park was acquired by the city in 1848 and was transferred to the Park District in 1959.[24] It hosts a structure designed by Birch Burdette Long, who was a Frank Lloyd Wright protege, according to a plaque in the park. In the area surrounded by the Trump International Hotel & Tower to the west, the Chicago River to the south, Rush Street and the Wrigley Building to the east and McDonald's and River Plaza to the north the towers designers have planned a 1.2-acre (4,856.2 m2) Riverfront Park & Riverwalk along a space that is 500 feet (152.4 m).[25]

In the Gold Coast neighborhood, honorary streets such as Frank Sinatra Way (Bellevue Place at 1030 north)[26] and Mike Ditka Way (East Chesnut Street at 860 north)[27] cross Rush Street. Ditka has a restaurant at 100 East Chestnut and coached the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl XX victory.[28] Sinatra made "My Kind of Town (Chicago is)" and "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" famous.

Bridge

Rush Street Bridge
Rush Street Bridge accident scene (1904)
Manitou arriving at Rush Street Bridge (1915)
New Rush Street Bridge, Opening Day (1920)
SS Christopher Columbus - Rush St. Bridge (1915)
Library of Congress Photos, Chicago Daily News collection
Wrigley Building with the Rush Street Bridge (1921)

While there is currently no bridge along Rush Street at the main stem of the Chicago River, the main stem has through its history been crossed by four

white pine planks.[6]

The southeast corner of the Rush Street Bridge, which connected to Michigan Avenue, was the location of the Goodrich docks from which the

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[15] Although she was used for excursions elsewhere around the Great Lakes, her regular schedule was a daily trip to Milwaukee, leaving Chicago mid-morning, sailing to Milwaukee for a two-hour stopover, and then returning.[29] The Goodrich Transportation Company used the Goodrich wharves from the time of the American Civil War until the 1930s to connect Chicago with other port locations throughout Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes.[15] Today, skyscrapers have replaced the industrial structures that historically lined the riverbanks of the nations most significant inland port.[15][30]

Before the Michigan Avenue bridge (pictured right), vehicular traffic crossed the river at Rush and traveled up to Ontario Street before heading east to Pine Street (now North Michigan Avenue after multiple renamings).

1909 Plan of Chicago called for the replacement of the bridge with a new bridge at Michigan Avenue and the redevelopment of Wacker Drive. The bridge was quickly removed after the completion of the new Michigan Avenue Bridge.[8]

Commerce and education

Left to Right: Gibsons Steakhouse, Bentley/Lamborghini Showroom, Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Giordano's, and the Conrad Hotel.
Hancock Center from Rush Street (5-02-04), and 55 East Erie Street
from walkway over Rush St. start (5-14-08)

In the 1960s, Rush Street was the center of the Chicago nightlife as home to many great

taxi as well as a preferred place for thirtysomething singles to congregate at night, especially in the summer.[36][37]
Although Rush Street ends two blocks south of Division Street, the nightlife ambiance now continues to Division and spreads west from there.

Rush Street is known for hosting some of the few highly rated and esteemed restaurants in the Chicago Gold Coast neighborhood.

Crain Communications Inc.
, and it is just north of Giordano's, which has a 730 North Rush Street address.

Several prominent hotels are located on or bounded by Rush street.

McGraw-Hill Building.[50]

The former Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, which has been converted for use by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is located on Rush Street between Superior and Chestnut. The Water Tower Campus of the Loyola University Chicago is located along East Pearson St., which crosses Rush Street between the Bentley/Lamborghini Gold Coast Showroom to the North and The Clare @ Water Tower to the South on the west side of the street.[51] The Quigley Seminary Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1996. Rush Street also hosts one of three regional Royal Thai Consulate-General locations to support Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C.[52]

Intersections

The entire route is in

Chicago, Cook County
.

mi[53]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00North State Street/East Cedar StreetNorthern terminus
0.060.097East Bellevue Place
0.120.19East Oak Street
0.180.29East Walton StreetOne-way westbound only
0.240.39East Delaware PlaceOne-way eastbound only
0.300.48East Chestnut StreetOne-way westbound only
0.360.58East Pearson StreetOne-way eastbound only
0.420.68East Chicago Avenue
0.480.77East Superior StreetOne-way eastbound only
0.540.87East Superior StreetOne-way eastbound only
0.600.97East Erie StreetOne-way eastbound only
0.651.05East Ontario StreetOne-way westbound only
0.701.13East
Ohio Street
One-way eastbound only
0.761.22East Grand AvenueOne-way westbound only
0.811.30East Illinois StreetOne-way eastbound only
0.871.40East Hubbard Street
0.911.46East Kinzie Street/East North Water Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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