Pulaski Road (Crawford Avenue)
4000 West
Direction:	North-South
From:	Wilmette Ave in Wilmette IL
To:	Lincoln Highway (21100 S) in Matteson, Il
Major cities:	Chicago

Pulaski Road is a major north-south thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after revolutionary war hero Casimir Pulaski. It still retains its former name, Crawford Avenue, in the north suburbs of Lincolnwood, Skokie, Evanston and Wilmette, north of Devon Avenue (6400 N) and south from the Chicago City Limits to Lincoln Highway US-30.

[edit] Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs

From north to south:

• Wilmette (Suburb)
• Evanston (Suburb)
• Skokie (Suburb)
• Lincolnwood (Suburb)
• Forest Glen (City of Chicago)
• North Park (City of Chicago)
• Albany Park (City of Chicago)
• Irving Park (City of Chicago)
• Avondale (City of Chicago)
• Logan Square (City of Chicago)
• Hermosa (City of Chicago)
• Humboldt Park (City of Chicago)
• West Garfield Park (City of Chicago)
• North Lawndale (City of Chicago)
• South Lawndale (City of Chicago)
• Archer Heights (City of Chicago)
• West Elsdon (City of Chicago)
• West Lawn (City of Chicago)
• Ashburn (City of Chicago)
• Evergreen Park (suburb)
• Oak Lawn, Illinois (suburb)
• Mount Greenwood (City of Chicago)
• Alsip (Suburb)
• Robbins (Suburb)
• Crestwood (Suburb)
• Midlothian (Suburb)
• Markham (Suburb)
• Country Club Hills (Suburb)
• Olympia Fields (Suburb)
• Matteson (Suburb)

[edit] Points of interest

Bohemian National Cemetery is located on Pulaski between Bryn Mawr and Foster. Pulaski passes by the Villa District between Avondale and Addison streets. Around Monroe Street is the Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library^[1]. a building on the National Register of Historic Places. At Archer Avenue (approximately 50th Street), Pulaski passes by Curie Metro High School, named for another famous Pole. The corner of 63rd and Pulaksi is know for a Giant Native American Statue on top of a Cigar Store that has been converted into an optometrist^[2]. At 65th Street sits the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, and at 75th Street is Richard J. Daley College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. Brother Rice High School is at 100th Street. At 111th Street sits the campus of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, home to the last remaining farm within the Chicago city limits, which stretches south to 115th.

Pulaski ran past the site of one of Chicago's Seven Lost Wonders, the Olson Park and Waterfall complex which was located at the northwest corner of Pulaski and Diversey^[3].

[edit] References

v • d • e Streets in Chicago North-South East of State Street (0E/W) Columbus Drive (254E) · Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue (100E) · Prairie Avenue (300E) · Stony Island Avenue (1600E) West of State Street Central Avenue (5600 W) · Halsted Street (800W) · LaSalle Street (150W) · Mannheim Road (10400 W) · Pulaski Road (4000W) · Wells Street (200W) · Western Avenue (2400W) East-West North of Madison Street (0N/S) Belmont Avenue (3200N) · Chicago Avenue (800N) · Devon Avenue (6400N) · Diversey Parkway (2800N) · Division Street (1200N) · Foster Avenue (5200N) · Howard Street (7600 N) · Hubbard Street (430N) · Lake Street (200N) · North Avenue (1600N) · Oak Street (1000N) · Randolph Street (150N) · Touhy Avenue (7200N) South of Madison Street 95th Street (9500S) · Cermak Road (2200S) · DeKoven Street (1120S) · Maxwell Street (1330S) · Roosevelt Road (1200S) Non-grid Archer Avenue · Blue Island Avenue · Broadway · Clark Street · Grand Avenue · Lake Shore Drive · Lincoln Avenue · Milwaukee Avenue · Rush Street · Sheridan Road · Wacker Drive See also: Chicagoland expressways · Multilevel streets in Chicago · Six Corners · U.S. Route 66 in Illinois · Etymologies of place names in Chicago, Illinois

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