Madison Street (Chicago)

Madison Street (Chicago)

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highway_name = Madison Street
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alternate_name = 0 North/South
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direction = East-West
starting_terminus = Lake Shore Drive Chicago
ending_terminus = Illinois Route 53
cities = Chicago
established =
system =

Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River emptied into Lake Michigan at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue.cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Nmfnd14WDH8C&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=chicago+river+originally+emptied+southward&source=web&ots=w-i3_gboXp&sig=GNdhSMkiBqkEJJ51iL2d0GyR5l8 |title=The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History|accessdate=2007-10-28|date=2000 |pages=32, 69-75 |publisher=Lake Claremont Press |author= Libby Hill]

Per a 1908 decision by Chicago's city council, Madison serves as the north-south dividing line for Chicago's street numbering system, while State Street serves as the east-west line. [ [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1205.html Street Naming] . Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 14 October 2007.] At one point, the intersection between the two streets was considered the "world's busiest corner". [ [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1203.html Street Life] . Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 14 October 2007.]

Notable buildings located along Madison Street include the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, Chase Tower, Three First National Plaza, the Chicago Civic Opera House, and the United Center. [ [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/st/?id=eastmadisonstreet-chicago East Madison Street] . Emporis. Retrieved 14 October 2007.] [ [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/st/?id=westmadisonstreet-chicago West Madison Street] . Emporis. Retrieved 14 October 2007.]

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[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/410123.html Thomas Edison film of traffic on the corner, 1897]


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