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This article is about the section of Illinois Route 1 in Chicago. For the entire route, see Illinois Route 1.
Halsted Street
800 West
Chicago
South end37th Street in Steger
North endGrace Street at Broadway (3800 North) in Chicago

Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois.

Location

In

Little Calumet River (13000 S) in West Pullman, a length of 168 north-south Chicago blocks. (From Grace north to Lawrence Avenue (4800 N) in Uptown
, 800 W is marked by Clarendon Avenue.)

Route description

North Side

In

Armitage Avenue, it passes two notable theaters: Steppenwolf
and the Royal George.

At

Cabrini–Green housing project is at Halsted and Division (1200 N) in the Near North Side neighborhood. Halsted Street has two bridges to mark its passage over Goose Island; it is one of only two streets to completely traverse this, the Chicago River's only island.[1]

Near West

Continuing south, Halsted soars high above feeder ramps to the

University of Illinois at Chicago. North of Greektown is the headquarters for Weigel Broadcasting (owner of MeTV) and its local television stations (WCIU-TV, WWME-CD, and WMEU-CD
), which are appropriately addressed at 26 N. Halsted Street, to honor WCIU-TV's channel number.

The Jane Addams Hull House, America's first settlement house, was located at Polk (800 S) and Halsted. The "Hull House Neighborhood," which was served by the Jane Addams settlement house, consisted of recently arrived immigrants at the turn of the 20th century.

Taylor Street (1000 S) was the port-of-call for Chicago's Italian American immigrants and became known as Chicago's Little Italy. Italians were the only ethnic group that remained after the exodus of Jews, Greeks, Irish, etc. that began shortly before the Great Depression of the 1930s. Greektown and Maxwell Street business establishments continue to exist as remnants of the mass emigration of Southern Europeans, terminated by an act of Congress in 1924.

South of an underpass allowing Halsted to cross the

Pilsen neighborhood, then crosses the Chicago River's south branch.[1]

South Side and south suburbs

Here Halsted Street enters

Kennedy-King College has its campus in the heart of Englewood at 63rd Street and Halsted Street. Further south, Halsted intersects with 71st Street, which was honorarily named for Emmett Till, a victim of the violence of white supremacy in the United States. Just south of 95th Street is the Carter G. Woodson regional branch of the Chicago Public Library. Illinois Route 1 begins at Halsted Street's interchange with Interstate 57
(at 99th Street) on the far south side, and follows Halsted through much of its length through the suburbs.

Leaving Chicago and entering the village of Riverdale at the Little Calumet River near 129th St, Route 1 breaks off and is called Chicago Road, then Dixie Highway, ending at the Ohio River, at the border with the state of Kentucky. Halsted Street continues through downtown Chicago Heights and crosses the Lincoln Highway. The road ends at 26th Street at the Chicago Heights–Steger line. However, Halsted Street returns at 30th Street and continues south (marked as Halsted Boulevard south of 34th Street) before ending at 37th Street in Steger.[1][2]

Public transportation

Halsted Street is served by major transportation lines. The

Electric District commuter rail line is at Halsted and where 121st Street would be. Pace provides suburban bus service along Halsted Street from the 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line terminal to the south suburbs. The 352 Halsted route operates 24/7 between the 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line terminal and the Pace Harvey Transportation Center in Harvey, Illinois, with select trips continuing to the Pace Chicago Heights Bus Terminal at Vincennes/16th Street. The 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue also runs along Halsted between the 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line terminal and 124th Street before turning west.[3]

Associated persons

Professional wrestlers One Man Gang, Colt Cabana, Ace Steel, CM Punk, and Gary Hart have been billed from Halsted Street.

Conrad Friberg, aka C.O. Nelson
produced a film in 1934 traveling from the south end of Halsted Street to the North, across Chicago.

Etymology

The street derives its name from William H. and Caleb O. Halsted, Philadelphia bankers who made large investments in Chicago real estate through William B. Ogden, Chicago's first Mayor. The street ran through their property, and they ceded valuable rights to the city.

Halsted has had several names, originally known as "Egyptian Road" because it led to the

Charles Volney Dyer, a prominent Chicago physician and abolitionist.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google (August 17, 2023). "Overview map of Halsted Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Google (August 17, 2023). "Overview map of Halsted Street (Steger)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "RTA System Map" (PDF). Regional Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  4. ISBN 0-8294-0597-6

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