N Ravenswood Ave

Tags

• CA2-West Ridge
• CA77-Edgewater
• CA3-Uptown
• CA6-Lake View
• named after bird
• CA4-Lincoln Square
• CA5-North Center
• CA1-Rogers Park

Location

Predecessors

• East Gross Ave (retired)
• Front St (→ Ravenswood Ave)
• Market St (→ Ravenswood Ave)
• Railway St (→ Ravenswood Ave)
• Western Ave (→ Ravenswood Ave)
• Wood St (retired)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of Lake View Twp. (1887)
• Sanborn 1894 v. A
• Sanborn 1894 v. 9
• Sanborn 1905 v. 17
• Official Atlas of Township of Lake View (1909)
• Sanborn 1914 v. J
• Sanborn 1937 v. 40

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• Ravenswood Park (retired)

Aligned Streets

• Beers St (→ Wood St)
• Centre Ave (→ Wood St)
• Centre St (→ Wood St)
• Elk Grove (retired)
• N Elk Grove Ave
• S Homewood Ave
• Mclean St (retired)
• S Prospect Sq
• Telegraph St (retired)
• S Walden Pkwy
• Wicker Ct (retired)
• N Wicker Park Ave
• N Wood St
• S Wood St

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Ravenswood Ave., 1758W 3000 to 7079N. Ravens nesting in woods located nearby. Ravenswood Park, East Gross Ave., Front St., Gross Park Ave., Market St., Railway St., Ridge Ave., Western Ave., Ravenswood Park, Wood St.»

Edit History

• 2022-03-25 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Ravens nesting in woods located nearby.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Ravenswood Ave., 1758W 3000 to 7079N. Ravens nesting in woods located nearby. Ravenswood Park, East Gross Ave., Front St., Gross Park Ave., Market St., Railway St., Ridge Ave., Western Ave., Ravenswood Park, Wood St.»'], 'tags': [[]]}
  
• 2022-03-25 | tew | {'tags': [['named after bird']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document