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Saturday, April 20
Yet one more reason to avoid the intersection of Michigan and Chicago Avenues: Hershey's plans to open a chocolate "factory" on the Mag Mile sometime next spring. The very kid-oriented store will sell loads of chocolate goodies and allow customers to help create their own candies.