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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Kaitlin Washburn

That great street once again? State Street panel floats ideas to put the welcome mat on ‘Chicago’s front porch’

Looking south on State Street from Randolph in 1987. (Chicago Sun-Times archives.)

It’s arguably Chicago’s most famous street, older than the city itself and celebrated by Frank Sinatra as “State Street, that great street.”

And now after a history with as many peaks and valleys as the Chicago skyline itself, State Street is in line for yet another makeover aimed at making it a hit once again.

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