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The ninth and final segment is the longest section of Fullerton Avenue, being 7.9 miles (12.71 km) long. At Chicago's western border, the straight road at 2400N (which otherwise would be Fullerton) is instead signed as Grand Avenue, which runs from the city border at Harlem eastward to just west of Natchez Avenue, where it breaks the grid and becomes diagonal.
Fullerton Station opened in 1900 as an express/local stop on the Northwestern Elevated Railroad. [2] In the 1920s, the station's platforms were lengthened to serve eight-car trains, but due to surrounding buildings the platforms were lengthened in different directions; the northbound platform was extended northward, and the southbound platform was extended to the south.
The North Side is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, north of North Avenue (1600 N.), and east of the Chicago River — plus the area north of Fullerton Avenue going west of the River and north to the Chicago city limits.
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
4835 W Altgeld St, Chicago St. James 5730 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago St. John Bosco 2301 N McVicker Ave, Chicago St. Ladislaus: 3343 N Long Ave, Chicago St. Pascal 3935 N Melvina Ave, Chicago St. Robert Bellarmine 4646 N Austin Ave, Chicago St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr 5352 W Belden Ave, Chicago St. Viator 4170 W Addison St, Chicago St ...
Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents. [2] [4]
A portion of the district (named the Fulton-Randolph Market District) was granted Landmark District status by the City of Chicago in 2015. [2] [3] [4] The landmarked portion of the district is around 74 acres in size. [4] It is served by the CTA's Green and Pink Lines at the Morgan 'L' station, as well as several bus routes. It borders the ...
Chicago is traditionally divided into the three "sides" of the North Side, West Side, and South Side by the Chicago River. These three sides are represented by the white stripes on the Flag of Chicago. [12] The city is also divided into 50 wards for the purpose of electing one alderman each to the Chicago City Council. These wards have at times ...