W Lake St

Tags

• named after lake
• CA25-Austin
• CA27-East Garfield Park
• CA28-Near West Side
• CA26-West Garfield Park
• original street
• CA32-Loop

Location

Predecessors

• Kinzie St (→ Lake St)
• Morgan Blvd (retired)
• Pennsylvania Ave (retired c.1849)
• South Blvd (→ Lake St)

Appears in

• Thompson's Plat (1830)
• Wright's Survey Map of Chicago (1834)
• Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)
• Norris' Chicago Directory (1844)
• Business Portion of Chicago (1862)

Might appear within

• Sanborn 1896 v. 11
• Sanborn 1896 v. B
• Sanborn 1903 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1-N&W
• Sanborn 1908 v. 18
• Sanborn 1908 v. 18
• Sanborn 1916 v. 6
• Sanborn 1922 v. 11

Data Issues

• unconfirmed

Similarly named streets

• Lake Ave (→ Drexel Ave)
• E Lake Ave (retired)
• Lake Ave (→ Lake Park Ave)
• Lake St (→ Pratt Ave)
• Lake St (→ Albany Ave)
• Lake Ave (→ Albion Ave)
• E Lake St

Aligned Streets

• Kinzie St (→ Lake St)
• E Lake Lower St
• E Lake St
• Morgan Blvd (retired)
• Pennsylvania Ave (retired c.1849)
• South Blvd (→ Lake St)
• Washington St (→ West End Ave)
• W West End Ave
• W West End Dr

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Lake St., 200N 1 to 150E 1 to 600W. Street led to the Lake. It was the first street developed in the village of Chicago. Pennsylvania Ave., South Blvd., Morgan Blvd., Kinzie St.»

• Appears on Thompson's Plat of 1830

Edit History

• 2022-04-23 | tew | {'historical_note': ['The first street developed in the village of Chicago.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Lake St., 200N 1 to 150E 1 to 600W. Street led to the Lake. It was the first street developed in the village of Chicago. Pennsylvania Ave., South Blvd., Morgan Blvd., Kinzie St.»\r\n* Appears on [Thompson\'s Plat of 1830](http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11175.html)'], 'tags': [['original street', 'CA25-Austin', 'CA28-Near West Side', 'named after lake', 'CA26-West Garfield Park', 'CA27-East Garfield Park', 'CA32-Loop']]}
  
• 2022-04-23 | tew | {'historical_note': ['"In the spring of 1848, Clark Street was numbered from South Water to Randolph".'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Lake St., 200N 1 to 150E 1 to 600W. Street led to the Lake. It was the first street developed in the village of Chicago. Pennsylvania Ave., South Blvd., Morgan Blvd., Kinzie St.»\r\n* According to x, "In the spring of 1848, Clark Street was numbered from South Water to Randolph".\r\n* Appears on [Thompson\'s Plat of 1830](http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11175.html)'], 'tags': [['original street', 'CA25-Austin', 'CA28-Near West Side', 'named after lake', 'CA26-West Garfield Park', 'CA27-East Garfield Park', 'CA32-Loop']]}
  
• 2022-04-22 | tew | {'tags': [['original street', 'named after lake']]}
  
• 2022-03-27 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1830, 1, 1)], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Lake St., 200N 1 to 150E 1 to 600W. Street led to the Lake. It was the first street developed in the village of Chicago. Pennsylvania Ave., South Blvd., Morgan Blvd., Kinzie St.»\r\n* Appears on [Thompson\'s Plat of 1830](http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11175.html)'], 'tags': [['named after lake', 'original street']]}
  
• 2022-02-25 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1833, 1, 1)], 'start_date_circa': [True], 'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Lake St., 200N 1 to 150E 1 to 600W. Street led to the Lake. It was the first street developed in the village of Chicago. Pennsylvania Ave., South Blvd., Morgan Blvd., Kinzie St.»'], 'tags': [['named after lake']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document