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Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago's most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century. The city's wealthiest citizens--Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman--were soon joined by dozens of Chicago's business, social, and civic leaders, establishing a neighborhood that the Chicago Herald proclaimed "a cluster of millionaires not to be matched for numbers anywhere else in the country." Substantial h...

Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicagoas most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century. The cityas wealthiest citizensaMarshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullmanawere soon joined by dozens of Chicagoas business, social, and civic leaders, establishing a neighborhood that the Chicago Herald proclaimed aa cluster of millionaires not to be matched for numbers anywhere else in the country.a Substantial hom...

Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago's most exclusive residential street during the late 19th century, when the city's wealthiest and most influential citizens built lavish homes here. The area began to decline around 1900, but experienced a renaissance in the late 20th century.