Chicago Shopping Arcades
Based on current research, Chicago had at most seven shopping arcades, but only four for sure as three with the word arcade in their titles have not been verified as having been shopping arcades. The Pullman Arcade, demolished in the 1920s, was the most well known. Unlike some US. Cities, Chicago never had a shopping arcade in its downtown business district. Water Tower Place opened on North Michigan Avenue in 1976.
Chicago Shopping Arcades
Name
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Year built
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Address
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Source
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Woodruff Arcade
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1922
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6351-59 Broadway
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Permit
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Granville Arcade
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1922
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1120-26 Granville
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CT 1922
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Douglas Arcade
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1892 or 93
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Near 36th St between Cottage Grove & Ellis
NE Cor (1910 CD)
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CT 4-10-1892
CT 1-13-1908
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1882
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Pullman, now Arcade Park
Cottage Grove & 112th St
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CD 1910
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Arcade Hall
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1891 (before)
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6434 S. Wentworth
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CT 7-30-1890
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Arcade Hall
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1902 (before)
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43rd & Evans
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CT 10-27-1901
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Arcade Building*
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158 to 164 Clark (new 171 S. Clark)
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CD 1910
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*apparently not a shopping arcade, but rather a building named for its location adjacent to Arcade Court.
CD: City Directory
CT: Chicago Tribune