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. that began shortly before the Great Depression of the 1930s. Italians were the only ethnic group that remained after the exodus of Jews, Greeks, Irish, etc. Taylor Street (1000 S) was the port-of-call for Chicago's Italian American immigrants and became known as Chicago's Little Italy. 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. The Jane Addams Hull House, America's first settlement house, was located at Polk (800 S) and Halsted. Halsted Street, to honor WCIU-TV's channel number. 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. South of a high bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway, Halsted forms the eastern border of the University of Illinois at Chicago. One then passes through Chicago's Greektown at Jackson Blvd (300 S). 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.Ĭontinuing south, Halsted soars high above feeder ramps to the Kennedy Expressway, Union Pacific Railroad and Canadian National Railway and finally the Kennedy Expressway itself to enter the West Loop.
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The former site of the Cabrini–Green housing project is at Halsted and Division (1200 N) in the Near North Side neighborhood. South of Armitage Avenue, it passes two notable theaters: Steppenwolf and the Royal George.Īt North Avenue, Halsted passes Clybourn Avenue, through the Old Town area.
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As it continues south past Diversey (2800 N), it goes past DePaul University and through the Lincoln Park area, as a primary thoroughfare through the community area. This area also contains numerous theaters and comedy clubs. Halsted is then lined with restaurants, bars and gay bars and clubs as one enters Boystown, Chicago's main gay and lesbian community, running as far as Belmont Avenue. In Lakeview Halsted passes through Wrigleyville, as intersecting with Addison Street, it is only two blocks east of Wrigley Field home of the Chicago Cubs.