Streeterville Apartments

The Streeterville neighborhood is a giant swath of territory sandwiched between the southern half of the Magnificent Mile and the shores of Lake Michigan. It's city living, pure and simple, and it's pretty much all here.

The Streeterville neighborhood includes a generous array of high-rise and mid-rise condo and apartments, many of them new construction buildings, as well as the Chicago Tribune Tower, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Navy Pier, NBC Tower and a string of hotels.

Renters in Streeterville will find shops ranging from the upscale to the ritzy, and the restaurants range from fast food to casual dining to steak houses to haute cuisine near Streeterville apartments. Streeterville also plays host to a 21-screen multiplex, several health clubs and plenty of gourmet grocery options.

In the summer, apartment renters in Streeterville are never more than a short walk to the beach, where you can pick up a trail that extends past the Museum of Science and Industry on the south and extends up through to Evanston on the north.

Pinstripes offers another game-oriented night out for those looking to dust off their bocce ball or bowling skills.

A noted eccentric, the former riverboat captain built the first semi-permanent structures on a stretch of lakefront land using a boat that had run aground on a sandbar, plus rubble and other debris from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. When the city of Chicago tried to crack down on his makeshift construction projects and shady real estate dealings, Streeter would often respond to their eviction attempts with ornery measures that ran the gamut from dastardly to deadly. He was known to chase away unfriendly visitors with a shotgun on several occasions.