S Michigan Ave

Tags

• named after lake
• CA44-Chatham
• CA32-Loop
• CA49-Roseland
• CA40-Washington Park
• CA33-Near South Side
• CA69-Greater Grand Crossing
• CA53-West Pullman
• CA54-Riverdale
• CA38-Grand Boulevard
• CA35-Douglas

Location

Predecessors

• Chicago & Thornton Rd (→ Michigan Ave)
• City Rd (→ Michigan Ave)
• South ? (retired)
• Thornton Ave (→ Michigan Ave)

Appears in

• Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)
• Business Portion of Chicago (1862)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of the North Half of Hyde Park v.1 (1890)
• Rascher's Atlas of the North Half of Hyde Park v.2 (1890)
• Sanborn 1895 v. 16
• Sanborn 1903 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1
• Sanborn 1910 v. E
• Sanborn 1911 v. G
• Sanborn 1912 v. 4
• Sanborn 1938 v. 41
• Sanborn 1939 v. 42
• Sanborn 1947 v. 47

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• N Michigan Ave W
• N Michigan Ave
• Michigan Pl (retired)
• Michigan St (→ Austin Ave)
• Michigan St (→ Kimball Ave)
• Michigan Ave (vacated)
• Michigan Ave (→ Navarre Ave)
• Michigan Ave (→ Torrence Ave)
• Michigan Ave (→ Ozark Ave)
• Michigan Ave (→ Fitch Ave)
• Michigan St (→ Hubbard St c.1910)
• Michigan Ter (→ Oakenwald Ave)

Aligned Streets

• Chicago & Thornton Rd (→ Michigan Ave)
• City Rd (→ Michigan Ave)
• N Ernst Ct
• Green Bay Ave (→ Rush St)
• Lincoln Park Blvd (→ Michigan Ave)
• N Michigan Ave W
• N Michigan Ave
• N Michigan Lower Ave
• Park Blvd (→ Michigan Ave)
• Pine St (→ Michigan Ave)
• Thornton Ave (→ Michigan Ave)
• Tower Pl (→ Michigan Ave)

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Michigan Ave., 100E 1 to 950N 1 to 12700S. Named after the Lake. Word means “Great Water”. Lincoln Park Blvd., Pkwy., Park Blvd., Pine St., Tower Ct., and Tower Pl., (Michigan Avenue South) Chicago Rd., Chicago & Michigan Rd., Chicago & Thornton Rd., City Rd., Thornton Ave., Rd., South ?.,»

Edit History

• 2022-04-21 | tew | removed predecessor Park Blvd (PARK_19)
  
• 2022-04-21 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Named after the Lake. Word means "Great Water".'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Michigan Ave., 100E 1 to 950N 1 to 12700S. Named after the Lake. Word means “Great Water”. Lincoln Park Blvd., Pkwy., Park Blvd., Pine St., Tower Ct., and Tower Pl., (Michigan Avenue South) Chicago Rd., Chicago & Michigan Rd., Chicago & Thornton Rd., City Rd., Thornton Ave., Rd., South ?.,»'], 'tags': [['named after lake']]}
  
• 2022-04-21 | tew | removed predecessor Tower Pl (TOWER_01)
  
• 2022-04-20 | tew | removed predecessor Pine St (PINE_12)
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document