Current Street

S Lituanica Ave

900W | from 3100 to 3835

? - present

Named after the plane lost in 1933 attempting to cross the Atlantic non-stop U.S. to Lithuania. The two pilots were Capt. Stephen Darius and Lt. Stanley Girenas. The Lituanica crashed in what is now Poland.

Location

Predecessors

Auburn St (→ Lituanica Ave)
Park Tucker St (→ Lituanica Ave)

Might appear within

Data Issues

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Aligned Streets

3rd St (→ Peoria St)
Auburn St (→ Lituanica Ave)
Bowen Ave (→ Peoria St)
N Chalmers St
Fay St (→ Peoria St)
Freemont St (→ Mildred Ave)
Freemont St (→ Hazel St)
N Fremont St
John St (→ Peoria St)
Johnson St (→ Peoria St)
May St (→ Mildred Ave)
N Mildred Ave
Park Tucker St (→ Lituanica Ave)
N Peoria St
S Peoria St
Rockeby St (retired)
Smith Ave (→ Fremont St)
Warren Ave (retired)

Source Notes

CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

«Lituanica Ave., 900W 3100 to 3839S. Named after the plane lost attempting to cross the Atlantic non-stop U.S. to Lithuania. The two pilots were Capt. Stephen Darius and Lt. Stanley Girenas lost at sea in 1933. Auburn St., Park Tucker St.»
See Lituanica on Wikipedia.

Edit History

2022-10-13 | tew | {'tags': [['CA60-Bridgeport', 'named after airplane']]}
2022-10-13 | tew | {'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Lituanica Ave., 900W 3100 to 3839S. Named after the plane lost attempting to cross the Atlantic non-stop U.S. to Lithuania. The two pilots were Capt. Stephen Darius and Lt. Stanley Girenas lost at sea in 1933. Auburn St., Park Tucker St.»\r\n* See [Lituanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituanica) on Wikipedia.']}
2022-10-13 | tew | {'historical_note': ['Named after the plane lost in 1933 attempting to cross the Atlantic non-stop U.S. to Lithuania. The two pilots were Capt. Stephen Darius and Lt. Stanley Girenas. The Lituanica crashed in what is now Poland.'], 'tags': [['CA60-Bridgeport', 'named after plane']]}
2022-05-09 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Lituanica Ave., 900W 3100 to 3839S. Named after the plane lost attempting to cross the Atlantic non-stop U.S. to Lithuania. The two pilots were Capt. Stephen Darius and Lt. Stanley Girenas lost at sea in 1933. Auburn St., Park Tucker St.»'], 'tags': [['named after plane']]}
import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document