The 900 North Michigan Shops [Mall], aka Atrium Avenue Mall, was designed by HKS, Inc. and developed by Urban Retail Properties in 1986 to be the luxurious sister to Water Tower Place at 835 North Michigan Avenue, one-half block to the south. It was the second vertical mall built along the Magnificent Mile.
900 North Michigan Shops, aka The Bloomingdale's Building, was initially named Atrium Avenue Mall when Bloomingdale's, its anchor tenant, opened in 1988.
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| 900 North Michigan Shops, on the Magnificent Mile, in Chicago. |
When entering on Michigan Avenue, you step into a sleek, luminescent entryway with a gorgeous canopy loaded with stunning digital art generated and curated by the Chicago creative studio Leviathan.
Other posh tenants were Tiffany & Co., Henri Bendel, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
The Shops are on the first seven levels of the 67-story, mixed-use skyscraper. The mall's public areas are architecturally stunning. It's 450,000 square feet of highlife lifestyle retail space for more than 60 luxury retailers, like Kate Spade New York, Michael Kors, and Tory Burch. Henri Bendel closed shop in 1992,
The mall underwent a major renovation in 2016. Aster Hall, an upscale food court with over 20 quality vendors, opened in 2016. The Palm Restaurant, The Capital Grille, Small Cheval, Au Cheval, Beatrix, and Bloomingdale's with their popular Forty Carrots in-store restaurant.
Equinox Fitness Club, the Four Seasons Spa, and other healthy, natural, and holistic choices are everywhere in this mall.
Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.
Do you plan on doing Edens Plaza as part of this series?
ReplyDeleteYes I do, John Holton. If you have info and/or photos, please send it to LivingHistoryOfIllinois@yahoo.com and I'll include it in the article.
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