This year marks the 50th anniver­sary of the light­ing of the trees along North Michigan Avenue, which was the first street in the world to adopt this annual hol­i­day tra­di­tion in 1959. Prior to the full street light­ing in 1959, The Greater North Michigan Avenue Association (GNMAA)  cel­e­brated the start of the hol­i­day sea­son with […]

The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival gives shop­pers a sleigh full of hol­i­day cheer this sea­son with many of its world class North Michigan Avenue retail­ers, hotels and restau­rants offer­ing a vari­ety of dis­counts, pro­mo­tions, gifts with pur­chase and spe­cial hol­i­day events.

Join the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) for a spe­cial Chicago archi­tec­ture river cruise on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 4pm to cel­e­brate North Michigan Avenue’s Festival of Lights.