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Tulips on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile

Tulips bloom on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. Photo by Laurie Borman

Chicago, IL–It’s tulip time on the Magnificent Mile.  Hundreds of bulbs have already burst into bloom, and views are free.  Beginning May 7, a gorgeous floral carpet of more than 6,000 live tulips and other flowers will climb the stairs from the John Hancock Center Plaza up to North Michigan Ave.. There’s even a stunning pink and yellow tulip named after Mayor Daley’s wife, Tulippa Maggie Daley.  And if all this tulip mania inspires you to buy some for yourself, step up to the vendors at the John Hancock Center flower market, where cut flowers and bulbs will be sold, from Thursday, May 7 through Mother’s Day weekend.  Ah, spring.