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The area's name is from the intersection of three streets—Irving Park Road, Cicero Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue. [1] Its history as an urban center began in the 1840s, eventually becoming the largest commercial center in Chicago , outside of the Loop . [ 2 ]
K-Town is a nickname for an area in Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, and West Garfield Park.Although these long streets extend beyond the bounds of North Lawndale, and West Garfield Park, published sources identify the name K-Town as referring specifically to an area of North Lawndale, and West Garfield Park, i.e. the area through which these streets pass. between Pulaski Road and Cicero Avenue ...
Englewood is a neighborhood and community area located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.It is also the 68th of the 77 community areas in the city.At its peak population in 1960, over 97,000 people lived in its approximately 3 square miles (7.8 km 2), [2] but the neighborhood's population has since dropped dramatically.
St. Anthony School (Cicero) St. Charles Borromeo School (Melrose Park) St. James School ; St. Isaac Jogues School (Niles (students went to Our Lady of Ransom and St. John Brebeuf School, so this is considered a merger, building closed) Closed in 1996: [15] St. Joseph the Worker School ; St. Pius X School ; Closed in 1997: [15]
Chicago's first Black community along Kinzie Street and Lake Street became adjacent to an Irish community by the river, as well as German, French, Czech, and Bohemian communities. Polish immigrants settled further north along the river in West Town to work at factories and on the railroad. View of Randolph Street after the Great Chicago Fire.
Englewood station, commonly referred to as Little Englewood Station, is a former train station in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station served as a stop for the Erie Railroad , Monon Railroad , Wabash Railroad , Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad , and Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad . [ 3 ]
Cicero is a town in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago.As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,268, making it the 11th-most populous municipality in Illinois. [4]
Ogden Avenue is a street extending from the Near West Side of Chicago to Montgomery, Illinois.It was named for William B. Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago.. The street follows the route of the Southwestern Plank Road, a plank road opened in 1848 across swampy terrain between Chicago and Riverside, Illinois, and, by 1851, extended to Naperville.