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A book was published in 1909 by The Chicago Directory Company indexing the old and new street numbers for most of Chicago. This volume is available online in PDF format indexed by initial letter, Plan of Re-Numbering, City of Chicago, August 1909. [3] The opening text of the book says: EXPLANATORY
For instance, Chicago Heights has a 185th Street, set on the same numbering scheme. Chicago's numbered street system was established in 1911 by legislation that made Madison Street the base for the numbering of east–west streets, and State Street for north–south streets. [4]
A street sign for Archer Avenue in Chinatown; the sign indicates that this location is south of Madison Street. A sign for 26th Street at an intersection with a stoplight. It is much bigger, and includes the street's numerical position – 2600 S – in Chicago's grid. Street name signs in Chicago are green with white text. They are ...
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.
Stony Island Avenue is a major street on South Side of the city of Chicago, designated 1600 East in Chicago's street numbering system. It runs from 56th Street south to the Calumet River. Stony Island Avenue continues sporadically south of the Calumet in the southern suburbs, running alongside the Bishop Ford Freeway, sometimes as a frontage road.
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system , but [ a ] only 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Madison Street .
Pershing Road is an east-west street on the south side of Chicago and in its immediate western suburbs in Cook County, Illinois.It is precisely four miles south of Madison Street, the division point between north and south street numbering, and marks the 3900 South point in the region's street numbering system.
Lake Street (Chicago) LaSalle Street; Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) Logan Square Boulevards Historic District; Loomis Street; M. Madison Street (Chicago) Magnificent Mile;