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	Touhy Avenue
	7200 North
Direction:	East–West at 7200 North
From:	Sheridan Road, Chicago
To:	Tonne Road, Elk Grove Village
Major cities:	Chicago, Lincolnwood, Skokie, Niles, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, Rosemont, Elk Grove Village
System:	Streets and highways of Chicago

Touhy Avenue is a major thoroughfare throughout northern Chicago, Illinois as well as the North and Northwestern suburbs. It is named for Patrick Touhy, a subdivider who was also the son-in-law of Philip Rogers, an early settler who helped develop Rogers Park.^[1]^[2] Points of interest along Touhy Avenue include Loyola Park, the Winston Towers^[3], the Lincolnwood Town Center, Hebrew Theological College, Village Crossing Shopping Center, the Leaning Tower YMCA, the Pickwick Theatre, and the northern end of O'Hare International Airport.

[edit] References

^ Haymer, Don; Tom McNamee (1988). Streetwise Chicago. Chicago: Loyola University Press. pp. 125. ISBN 0-8294-0596-8.
^ Chicago Streets, Chicago History Museum.
^ Winston Towers, Emporis.com

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