Blue Island Avenue
.jpg) Blue Island and Racine, Chicago. "After" shot of urban renewal site. ca. 1965 | |
| Southwest end | S. Western Avenue/W. 26th Street in Lower West Side, Chicago 41°50′41″N 87°41′07″W / 41.844858°N 87.685318°W |
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| Northeast end | W. Roosevelt Road in Near West Side, Chicago 41°52′02″N 87°39′12″W / 41.867117°N 87.653268°W |
Blue Island Avenue is a street in the city of Chicago, Illinois that once led to a ridge of land that early pioneers gave the name "Blue Island" because at a distance it looked like an island in the prairie. The blue color was attributed to atmospheric scattering or to blue flowers growing on the ridge.[1] Parts of the present-day neighborhoods of Morgan Park, Beverly Hills and the city of Blue Island, Illinois now occupy this ridge.
Route description
[edit]Originally starting from W. Harrison Street and S. Halsted Street, Blue Island Avenue runs between property of the University of Illinois at Chicago and St. Ignatius College Prep, but has been converted into parking lots and recreational areas for the school until it crosses Roosevelt Road. From there it runs southwest to 21st Street, picks up again at Cermak Road (formerly 22nd) and runs more westerly to 26th Street, where it terminates.[2]
Intersections
[edit]The entire route is in Chicago, Cook County.
| mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Street/Halsted Street | Former northeastern terminus of Blue Island Avenue | ||||||
| Morgan Street/Taylor Street | |||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | Roosevelt Road | Current northeastern terminus of Blue Island Avenue | ||||
| 0.31 | 0.50 | Racine Avenue | |||||
| 0.76 | 1.22 | 18th Street/Loomis St | |||||
| 1.05 | 1.69 | 21st Street | Southwestern end of Blue Island Avenue northern segment | ||||
| Gap in route[a] | |||||||
| 1.21 | 1.95 | Cermak Road/Ashland Avenue | Northeastern end of Blue Island Avenue southern segment | ||||
| 1.77 | 2.85 | Damen Avenue | |||||
| 2.34 | 3.77 | Western Avenue/26th Street | Southwestern terminus of Blue Island Avenue | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Transportation
[edit]CTA bus route 60 travels along much of Blue Island Avenue from 26th Street to Cermak Road and from Loomis Street to Racine Avenue. Bus route 60 continues west along 26th Street to a bus turnaround at 24th Place/Cicero Avenue near Cicero station; on the other end, the route continues east through downtown, running along the Loop Link bus lanes, toward a turnaround at Harbor Point.[5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Blue Island, IL". Encyclopedia of Chicago.
To a springtime traveler on the Vincennes Trail, the glacial bluff that rose out of the prairie south of Chicago took on a bluish hue from haze or blue wildflowers.
- ^ a b "Overview map of Blue Island Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ^ "Chicago: City of Neighborhoods". ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu.
- ^ "Juarez Students Still Hope for Field of Dreams". Chicago Tribune. 28 March 1990. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
The school, which opened in 1977, was the last new high school built by the Chicago Public Schools system.
- ^ "RTA System Map" (PDF). Regional Transportation Authority. February 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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