Streeterville is Chicago's expensive plot of real estate bounded by Michigan Avenue, Lake Michigan, and the Chicago River. The area is home to the Hancock Building and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Exclusive hotels, like the Drake and Ritz-Carlton, provide the most luxurious rooms in the city. Four-star dining and sky-high (literally and figuratively) condos are in abundance.
And it all began as a landfill and a shanty-town. Read more
