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Encyclopedia > Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)

Milwaukee Avenue is a major diagonal street in the city of Chicago. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

Polish store along Milwaukee Avenue in Jackowo

True to its name, it once led (as an Indian trail) to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Starting with a short section at N. Canal and W. Lake Streets, it begins in earnest at the corner of N Desplaines and W. Kinzie Streets and heads northwest for about 40 miles before joining Skokie Highway (U.S. Route 41) in Gurnee, Illinois which continues on to the city of Milwaukee. From Harlem Avenue northwards it is Illinois Route 21. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jackowo ( pronounced yahtskovo ) which means Hyacinth in Polish is one of Chicagos largest and most vibrant Polish neighborhoods. ... For other places with the same name, see Milwaukee (disambiguation). ... Lake Street is a road in Chicagoland which is part of U.S. Route 20. ... U.S. Route 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. ... Gurnee Mills entrance The center of Gurnee, with Gurnee Mills to the northwest and Six Flags to the southeast. ... See also U.S. 20 Illinois Route 21 is an arterial north-south state highway in northeastern Illinois. ...

Route description

Through most of the city the street is lined with storefronts, restaurants and the occasional art gallery [1]. The CTA's Blue Line runs beneath or alongside of Milwaukee Avenue from its beginning at Canal and Lake Streets out to Logan Boulevard, with stations at Grand Avenue, Chicago Avenue, Division Street, Damen Avenue (in the Wicker Park neighborhood), Western Avenue, California Avenue and Logan Square. The Kennedy Expressway also roughly parallels Milwaukee Avenue as well. Just north of Armitage it passes the Chicago Landmark Congress Theater and at Addison Street it passes the Chicago Landmark Schurz High School. Past Irving Park Road it turns more northerly and the Blue Line crosses again at the Jefferson Park station passing the Gateway Theatre. It exits the city at about Albion Avenue and enters Niles, Illinois. (A very brief stretch later reenters the Chicago city limits, located southwest of the intersection of Harlem & Howard avenues; the street is in Niles on either side of this stretch). At Golf Road it passes the Golf Mill Shopping Center. It crosses the Des Plaines River just south of the Palwaukee Municipal Airport (whose name is formed from its location at the intersection of Palatine Road and Milwaukee Avenue). From thence it roughly follows the Des Plaines River north to the Skokie Highway in the Gurnee Woods. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Grand is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... Chicago is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... Division is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... Damen is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... West Town is a community area located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. ... Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... Logan Square is a subway station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Blue Line. ... The Kennedy Expressway is a 16 mile (26 km) long highway that travels northwest from the Chicago loop to OHare Airport. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Landmarks of Chicago. ... The Congress Theater, built by Fridstein and Co in 1926 for the movie theater chain of Bubliner and Trinz, is a surviving example of a movie palace. ... Carl Schurz High School is a public school located at 3601 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. ... Jefferson Park is an L station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys Blue Line. ... The Gateway Theatre, now part of the Copernicus Cultural and Civic Center in the Jefferson Park community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States , is the sole surviving atmospheric-style theatre in the Chicagoland area. ... Niles is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Golf Mill Shopping Center is a mall located on 239 Golf Mill Center in Niles, IL. It borders the intersections of Golf Rd {IL-58} & Milwaukee Ave. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Palwaukee Municipal Airport Diagram Palwaukee Municipal Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK) is located in Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois, USA. The airport has three runways. ...


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Streets in Chicago
North-South
East of State Street (0E/W) Columbus Drive (254 E) • Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue (100E) • Prairie Avenue (300E) • Stony Island Avenue (1600E)
West of State Street Halsted Street (800W) • LaSalle Street (150W) • Pulaski Road (4000W) • Western Avenue (2400W)
East-West
North of Madison Street (0N/S) Belmont Avenue (3200N) • Chicago Avenue (800N) • Devon Avenue (6400N) • Diversey Parkway (2800N) • Division Street (1200N) • Foster Avenue (5200N) • Hubbard Street (430N) • Lake Street (200N) • North Avenue (1600N) • Oak Street (1000N) • Randolph Street (150N)
South of Madison Street 95th Street (9500S) • Cermak Road (2200S) • DeKoven Street (1120S) • Maxwell Street (1330S) • Roosevelt Road (1200S)
Diagonals
Archer Avenue • Blue Island Avenue • Broadway Street • Clark Street • Grand Avenue • Lake Shore Drive • Lincoln Avenue • Milwaukee Avenue • Rush Street • Sheridan Road
See also: Chicagoland expressways • Multilevel streets in Chicago • Six corners • U.S. Route 66 in Illinois • Wacker Drive • Etymologies of place names in Chicago, Illinois


 

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