Chicago Street Nomenclature
Early Chicago Streets Numbering
1909-1911—Chicago Street Numbering
1913—Chicago Street Name Changes
1897—Chicago Street Name Origins
Famous Chicago Streets
Agatite Street Name Mystery
Archer Avenue
Ashland Boulevard – Asphalt pioneer
Assembly Way
Avondale Superhighway System
“Biler” Avenue
39th and Cottage Grove Avenue
Clark Street
Fake Street
Fifth Avenue (Wells Street)
Halsted Street
Harlem Avenue
Lake Street
Lake Shore Drive
Madison Street
Magnolia Avenue
Maxwell Street
Michigan Avenue—Magnificent Mile
Milwaukee Avenue
North Avenue
Pine Street
Prairie Avenue – Millionaire’s Row
1932 Randolph Street Development Proposal
Rush Street
South Shore Drive
South Water Street
1917—South Water Street Improvement Plan (Wacker Drive)
State Street
Wabash Avenue
1875—A Trip Down State Street
1926—State Street Illumination Festival
Chicago’s Early Highway Systems
Pioneer Highways
Development of the Superhighway System
Southwest Superhighway
The Congress Street Superhighway and West Side Subway will be constructed together at tremendous savings to the people of Chicago.
Other Chicago Street Topics
1830-1835 Chicago (Wolf’s Point)
1850-1865—Raising the Grade
1891—Mrs. Horatio S. May’s Tunnel Plan
1891—Travel Times to Chicago
1895—Alleys and Gangways
1896—Geographic Center of Chicago
1908—Victor Falkenau’s Michigan Avenue Tunnel Proposal
1908—J. Madison Pace’s Michigan Avenue Tunnel Proposal
1917—Motor Exits Out of Chicago
Bernice White standing on ladder next to a street sign for Adams Street and Cicero Avenue. Others are Alderman John S. Clark, William M. Breckenridge, and Peter M. Kelly.