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Bounded roughly by Harlem Ave., Division, Clyde, and Lake Sts.; also roughly bounded by Division St. on the north, Cuyler Ave. on the east, Lake St. on the south, and Harlem Ave. on the west 41°53′37″N 87°47′32″W / 41.893611°N 87.792222°W / 41.893611; -87.792222 ( Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture ...
The West Side is defined for this article as the area north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, south of Fullerton Avenue, west of the Chicago River and east of the western city limits. One site, Logan Square Boulevards Historic District, spans a border and is included also in listings on the North Side. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ...
The second West Side Park was a few blocks west-southwest of the first one, on a larger block bounded by Taylor, Wood, Polk and Lincoln (renamed Wolcott in 1939) Streets. It was located at 41°52′13″N 87°40′21″W / 41.87028°N 87.67250°W / 41.87028; -87.
As the 20th century began, Chicago had already annexed land west of Western Avenue, greatly increasing the West Side. East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, and Humboldt Park had been sparsely populated throughout the late 19th century, but the addition of transportation infrastructure increased the population quickly. [29]
West Chicago Township was a township in Cook County, Illinois that was part of the City of Chicago. It comprised that part of pre-1889 Chicago west of the Chicago River . When various townships to its north and west were annexed to Chicago in 1889, they were maintained as townships and not incorporated into West Township.
West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census . It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) in 1855.
The newer of the two sections, between Villa Park and West Chicago in DuPage County, [1] is made up of right-of-way that was abandoned piecemeal throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. As the railway was abandoned, the government of DuPage County made upgrades to the path, and between 1990 through 1992, the trail was converted from a rail grade ...
Roughly bounded by Lemont and Keating Aves, Chicago and Northwestern Railway, and the alley to the east of Kilbourn Ave, North Side, Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°59′24″N 87°44′33″W / 41.99000°N 87.74250°W / 41.99000; -87