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Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River
Chicago River

The Chicago River is 156 miles long, and flows through Chicago, including the Chicago Loop. Though not especially long, the river is notable for the 19th century civil engineering feats that directed its flow south, away from Lake Michigan, into which it previously emptied, and towards the Mississippi River basin....
 emptied into Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The third-largest of the Great Lakes, it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S....
 at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Streets and highways of Chicago.....
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Per a 1908 decision by Chicago's city council, Madison serves as the north-south dividing line for Chicago's street numbering system
Streets and highways of Chicago

This article summarizes information concerning the numbering system that the city of Chicago, Illinois and surrounding suburbs use and summarizes the main thoroughfares that begin and end in the city....
, while State Street
State Street (Chicago)

State Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It begins on the Near North Side, Chicago at Illinois Route 64....
 serves as the east-west line. At one point, the intersection between the two streets was considered the "world's busiest corner".

Notable buildings located along Madison Street include the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building

The Sullivan Center is a commercial building at 1 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago Landmark, the building was designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1899 for the retail firm Schlesinger & Meyer, and expanded and sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904....
, Chase Tower
Chase Tower (Chicago)

Chase Tower, located in Chicago at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60 story skyscraper completed in 1969. At 850 feet tall, it is the ninth tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Chicago Loop elevated tracks, and the List of tallest buildings in the United States....
, Three First National Plaza
Three First National Plaza

Three First National Plaza is a 57 story office tower in Chicago. Completed in 1981, the building is one of the tallest in Chicago at 767 feet ....
, the Chicago Civic Opera House, Citigroup Center and the United Center
United Center

The United Center is an indoor sports arena located in the Near West Side, Chicago community area of Chicago. It is named after its corporate sponsor, United Airlines....
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Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
. Prior to human intervention, the Chicago River
Chicago River

The Chicago River is 156 miles long, and flows through Chicago, including the Chicago Loop. Though not especially long, the river is notable for the 19th century civil engineering feats that directed its flow south, away from Lake Michigan, into which it previously emptied, and towards the Mississippi River basin....
 emptied into Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The third-largest of the Great Lakes, it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S....
 at the present day intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Streets and highways of Chicago.....
.

Per a 1908 decision by Chicago's city council, Madison serves as the north-south dividing line for Chicago's street numbering system
Streets and highways of Chicago

This article summarizes information concerning the numbering system that the city of Chicago, Illinois and surrounding suburbs use and summarizes the main thoroughfares that begin and end in the city....
, while State Street
State Street (Chicago)

State Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It begins on the Near North Side, Chicago at Illinois Route 64....
 serves as the east-west line. At one point, the intersection between the two streets was considered the "world's busiest corner".

Notable buildings located along Madison Street include the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building

The Sullivan Center is a commercial building at 1 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago Landmark, the building was designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1899 for the retail firm Schlesinger & Meyer, and expanded and sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904....
, Chase Tower
Chase Tower (Chicago)

Chase Tower, located in Chicago at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60 story skyscraper completed in 1969. At 850 feet tall, it is the ninth tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Chicago Loop elevated tracks, and the List of tallest buildings in the United States....
, Three First National Plaza
Three First National Plaza

Three First National Plaza is a 57 story office tower in Chicago. Completed in 1981, the building is one of the tallest in Chicago at 767 feet ....
, the Chicago Civic Opera House, Citigroup Center and the United Center
United Center

The United Center is an indoor sports arena located in the Near West Side, Chicago community area of Chicago. It is named after its corporate sponsor, United Airlines....
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