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The Milwaukee-Diversey-Kimball District is an official City of Chicago Landmark District straddling the Chicago community areas of Avondale and Logan Square at the gateway to the Polish Village. This district includes seven buildings in the vicinity of the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue , Kimball Avenue , and Diversey Parkway .
Its history as an urban center began in the 1840s, eventually becoming the largest commercial center in Chicago, outside of the Loop. [2] There is evidence that Native Americans used a ridge along Milwaukee Avenue as a campsite, [ 3 ] which would have been higher than the generally swampy surrounding land.
It is located 15 miles (25 km) northwest of Chicago, below O'Hare International Airport. Its origins date back to the first freight yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) in 1916, which by the early 1950s had grown into a large marshaling yard with 70 directional tracks. The Milwaukee Road was taken over ...
Milwaukee Shops — 1885: Originally No. 37, renumbered 58 in 1898, then 1057 in 1899. [4] 1004: G8: 4-6-0: Milwaukee Road (r/b) 19543: September 1920: Rebuilt from class B4 no. 4335 (Baldwin 19543 of 1901) and numbered 2404; renumbered 1004 in 1938 [5] 1416: I5-a: 0-6-0: Milwaukee Shops — April 1908: Originally 1207, renumbered 1416 in 1938 ...
The busy six corner intersection of Damen Avenue, North Avenue, and Milwaukee is the center of the "24 hour" Wicker Park scene with dozens of bars and restaurants, making for popular nightlife. The Flat Iron Arts Center, built in 1913 and designed by Holabird & Roche, is sited at this intersection. [3]
Belmont Avenue (3200 N) is a major east–west street in Chicago and several of its suburbs. It begins in the east near Belmont Harbor and is a key commercial street in Lakeview . West of the North Branch of the Chicago River , it passes through Avondale and further west anchors the Belmont-Central shopping district straddling the Belmont ...
Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK, FAA LID: PWK), formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights and the Village of Wheeling. [1] [2]
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Historic District consists of the historic right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as The Milwaukee Road) in the Bitterroot Mountains from East Portal, Montana (near St. Regis), to the mouth of Loop Creek, Idaho (near Pearson), a distance of 14.5 miles (23.3 km).