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85-540: The Logan Square Boulevards Historic District is a linear historic district in the Logan Square community area of North Side, Chicago . It encompasses 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of the Chicago boulevard system . The district includes sections of Logan Boulevard, Kedzie Avenue , and Humboldt Boulevard. It also includes two parks, Logan Square and Palmer Square , which connect the boulevards. Grassy medians run down

170-477: A 22-acre garden and waterfall remembered by Chicagoans citywide as the place they fondly reminisce heading out to for family trips on the weekend. The ambitious project took 200 workers more than six months to fashion it out of 800 tons of stone and 800 yards of soil. Latino settlement in the neighborhood began in the 1980s. Today the area still retains its blue collar feel as much of surrounding Logan Square and Avondale undergo increased gentrification. Bucktown

255-534: A decade, as the rising popularity of Neoclassical architecture brought about a rapid increase in demand for marble. Knoxville, the industry's chief financial and production center, became known as "The Marble City" during this period and even included a marble mining derrick on the Knoxville flag . The community of Concord , located west of Knoxville, became a key marble transloading center, where blocks were transferred from boats to rail cars for transport out of

340-500: A large population of young professionals . In recent years, many trendy taverns and restaurants have opened in the neighborhood. There also have been a considerable number of "teardowns" of older housing stock, often followed by the construction of larger, upscale residential buildings. Bucktown has a significant shopping district on Damen Avenue, extending north from North Avenue (in Wicker Park) to Webster Avenue. The neighborhood

425-632: A large rectangular-shaped historic public space and park that is also part of the Logan Square community, is home to St. Sylvester Catholic Church and School and the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection. Also, Grace Methodist Church stands at the corner of Kimball and Wrightwood Avenues, as does a Spanish Pentecostal church, across the street. Kimball Avenue Church, whose 103-year-old building once stood at

510-513: A less congested setting for its new residents. Due to its proximity to rail along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , the area developed a plethora of industry that still survives in the city's Pulaski Industrial Corridor. It was adjacent to his own factory that Mr. Walter E. Olson built what the Chicago Tribune put at the top of its list of the "Seven Lost Wonders of Chicago", The Olson Park and Waterfall Complex ,

595-823: A matching grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to develop a children's play space, walking trails, soft surface jogging trail, open lawn areas, lighting, seating, and landscaping in Palmer Square. After extensive community input and prolonged design and construction periods, the Chicago Park District (CPD) finished construction of the park and opened it to the public in July 2009. A series of live music performances in Palmer Square Park takes place each Sunday during

680-720: A nationwide curiosity in the stone. Mullett acquired the marble from a quarry at Forks-of-the-River. After the building's completion, businessman George Ross and several associates organized the Knoxville Marble Company to assume control of this quarry and provided marble for the construction of the Mullett-designed Customs House in St. Louis in the 1870s. By 1882, 11 quarries were in operation in Knox County. This number had doubled within

765-439: A significant Polish and Jewish population that followed. Milwaukee Avenue, which spans the community, is one of the oldest roads in the area and remains both a cultural and commercial artery. The road traces its origins prior to 1830 as a Native American trail and became known as "Northwest Plank Road" when it was constructed with wooden boards in 1849. In 1892, a streetcar line was extended along Milwaukee Avenue and, in 1895,

850-545: A structure that stood until recently at 2650 North Ridgeway. Designed by the distinguished firm of Slupkowski and Piontek who built many of the most prestigious commissions in Chicago's Polish community such as the Art Deco headquarters of the Polish National Alliance , the brick structure was an imposing edifice. One of the building's highlights was a lovely chapel with a masterfully crafted altar that

935-596: A time, even an ice skating rink that would be set up every winter. Summertime brought the opportunity for outdoor festivities, peppered with sports and amateur shows featuring softball games, social dancing, a music appreciation hour, and the occasional visit by the city's "mobile zoo". Today "The Land of Koz" is a diverse neighborhood, and becoming even more so as gentrification advances further northwest. New people are entering Kosciuszko Park and joining earlier residents whose roots trace back to Latin America and Poland. Yet

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1020-687: Is a large public green space (designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney , landscape architect Jens Jensen and others) formed as the grand northwest terminus of the Chicago Boulevard System and the junction of Kedzie and Logan Boulevards and Milwaukee Avenue. At the center of the square is the Illinois Centennial Monument , built in 1918 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Illinois ' statehood (geographic coordinates as shown above for this article). The monument, designed by Henry Bacon , famed architect of

1105-547: Is a neighborhood located in the east of the Logan Square community area in Chicago, directly north of Wicker Park , and northwest of the Loop . Bucktown gets its name from the large number of goats raised in the neighborhood during the 19th century when it was an integral part of the city's famed Polish Downtown . The original Polish term for the neighborhood was Kozie Prery (Goat Prairie ). Its boundaries are Fullerton Avenue to

1190-521: Is a u-shaped belt found at the confluence of the French Broad and Holston rivers ("Forks-of-the-River"). While true marble is metamorphic , Tennessee marble is sedimentary and is therefore classified as limestone. Tennessee marble was formed from the accumulation of bryozoan and other primordial marine lifeforms 460 million years ago, during the Ordovician period. Even when polished,

1275-576: Is an official community area, historical neighborhood, and public square on the northwest side of the City of Chicago . The Logan Square community area is one of the 77 city-designated community areas established for planning purposes. The Logan Square neighborhood, located within the Logan Square community area, is centered on the public square that serves as its namesake, located at the three-way intersection of Milwaukee Avenue , Logan Boulevard and Kedzie Boulevard . Logan Square is, in general, bounded by

1360-399: Is found in blue, yellow, and cream shades. Along with its aesthetic colors, builders preferred the stone for its durability, the ease with which it is polished, and the fact that the stone is virtually impervious to stains. Tennessee marble is also easily converted into lime , and mid-20th century lime companies occasionally erected kilns near defunct quarries for this purpose. As early as

1445-576: Is located in Logan Square. Logan Square is served by three stops on the CTA 's Blue Line : Western , California , and Logan Square . All three stations provide 24/7 service to O'Hare International Airport , downtown, and Forest Park . Residents are zoned to Chicago Public Schools . The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago runs Our Lady of Grace School in Logan Square, St. John Berchmans School on Logan Boulevard and St. Sylvester School on Palmer Square . The Logan Square community area has supported

1530-415: Is no clear consensus on this neighborhood's exact boundaries, the City of Chicago Neighborhoods Map shows that it is generally bound by Fullerton Avenue (2400 N) to the north, Armitage Avenue (2000 N) to the south, Kedzie Boulevard (3200 W) to the west, and Milwaukee Avenue to the east. The neighborhood takes it name from the 7.68-acre (31,100 m ) Palmer Square Park (pictured to the left) that sits near

1615-707: Is not true marble , its crystalline nature lends it a strong resemblance to marble, especially when polished. The stone occurs in belts of Ordovician -period rocks known as the Holston Formation and is quarried primarily in Knox , Blount , Loudon , Union , and Hawkins counties. While pink is the most well-known color, the stone also occurs in gray, dark brown ("cedar"), and variegated shades. The use of Tennessee marble declined after World War II , when cheaper building materials became widely available. There are currently only six active quarries, all operated by

1700-724: Is readily accessible via the Blue Line and has multiple access points to the elevated Bloomingdale Trail , also known as the 606. Kosciuszko Park (correctly pronounced "Ko-shchoosh-coe" in Polish) spans the Chicago Community Areas of Logan Square and Avondale like neighboring Belmont Gardens, located within its northwest portion, where the Pulaski Industrial Corridor abuts these residential areas. Colloquially known by locals as "Koz Park", or even

1785-551: The Battle of Leipzig ). Chicago's City Council , prompted by a Bucktown-based German contingent with political clout, changed these Polish-sounding names in 1895 and 1913. In its place the new names for these thoroughfares bore a distinct Teutonic hue – Hamburg, Frankfort, Berlin and Holstein. Anti-German sentiment during World War I brought about another name-change that left today's very Anglo-Saxon sounding names: McLean, Shakespeare, Charleston, and Palmer. Polish immigration into

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1870-672: The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau . The Holston Formation, in which Tennessee marble is found, occurs in a series of belts that follow the natural folds and faults of the ridges and valleys. While these belts can be up to 75 miles (121 km) long, they are rarely more than a few miles wide. In 1911, the Tennessee State Geological Survey identified six primary Holston Formation belts containing Tennessee marble:

1955-724: The Chicago Loop and for students who attend colleges nearby, such as DePaul University . The neighborhood has easy access to four entrances to the Kennedy Expressway (routes I-90/94) and is served by the California and Western stations of the CTA's Blue Line for a quick ride to Chicago's downtown and O'Hare [REDACTED] . The CTA 's bus routes 94 California , 56 Milwaukee , 73 Armitage , and 74 Fullerton also run through this neighborhood. The Chicago Public Library operates one branch located in

2040-563: The Corryton area in north Knox County. The Concord belt, one of the most heavily quarried, stretches from Sweetwater through Knox County to Strawberry Plains . The Knoxville belt, also heavily quarried, stretches from southeast of Sweetwater to Ruggles Ferry (east of Knoxville) in Knox. The Bays Mountain belt is found along the southwestern end of Bays Mountain in south Knox County and stretches into northern Blount County. The French Broad belt

2125-476: The Democratic Party in the past two presidential elections. In the 2016 presidential election , Logan Square cast 27,987 votes for Hillary Clinton and cast 2,435 votes for Donald Trump (86.99% to 7.57%). In the 2012 presidential election , Logan Square cast 22,608 votes for Barack Obama and cast 3,362 votes for Mitt Romney (83.88% to 12.47%). Tennessee marble While Tennessee marble

2210-553: The Hairpin Arts Center is managed by the Logan Square Chamber of Arts , located in nearby Avondale; as well as Chicago's Polish Village . The Lincoln Lodge on Milwaukee Avenue presents live comedy most nights of the week. Next door is the office of In These Times , an independent magazine founded in 1976 which focuses on social justice . Media organizations making their home in Logan Square include

2295-748: The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and sculpted by Evelyn Beatrice Longman , is a single 70-foot (25-meter) tall "Tennessee-pink" marble Doric column , based upon the same proportions as the columns of the Parthenon in Ancient Greece, and topped by an eagle, in reference to the state flag and symbol of the state and the nation. The monument was funded by the Benjamin Ferguson Fund. Reliefs surrounding

2380-738: The Metra/Milwaukee District North Line railroad on the west, the North Branch of the Chicago River on the east, Diversey Parkway on the north, and the 606 (also known as the Bloomingdale Trail) on the south. The area is characterized by the prominent historical boulevards , stately greystones and large bungalow -style homes. Logan Square is named after General John A. Logan , an American soldier and political leader. The square itself

2465-759: The Pennsylvania State Capitol . Other notable Tennessee marble works include Frances Rich 's nurses' memorial ("Spirit of Nursing") at Arlington National Cemetery ; Bruno Louis Zimm 's Slocum Memorial Fountain in New York's Tompkins Square Park ; Joseph Emile Renier's Pomona at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina; and Cliff Fragua 's statue of the Pueblo leader Po'pay in the National Statuary Hall . One of

2550-778: The Pulaski Industrial Corridor abuts these residential areas. The boundaries of Belmont Gardens are generally held to be Pulaski Road to the East, the Union Pacific/Northwest rail line to the West, Belmont Avenue to the North, and Fullerton Avenue to the South. Most of the land between Fullerton Avenue and Diversey Avenue as well as Kimball to the Union Pacific/Northwest rail line was empty as late as

2635-652: The Tennessee General Assembly . The Rogersville Marble Company, founded in 1838, produced monuments and furniture stone extracted from a quarry in Hawkins County . Marble Hall, a house built by the company's director, Orville Rice, contained numerous Tennessee marble interior elements and acted as a showplace for the company. In 1850, Tennessee Governor William Trousdale chose the Rogersville Marble Company's marble as

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2720-549: The Tennessee Supreme Court Building in Nashville. By the 1950s, only five Tennessee marble companies remained in operation. Some companies had turned to secondary products such as lime , which was often produced in kilns located near the quarries. The rise in foreign competition and changes in demand for building materials led to further decline, and most Tennessee marble companies had closed by

2805-527: The "Land of Koz", the area is a prime example of a local identity born thanks to the green spaces created by Chicago's civic leaders of the Progressive Era . The boundaries of Kosciuszko Park are generally held to be Central Park Avenue to the East, Pulaski Road to the West, George Street to the North, and Altgeld to the South. Kosciuszko Park and Avondale were at the Northwestern edge of

2890-480: The "pioneering spirit" during the state's first century . Originally developed by early settlers like Martin Kimbell (of Kimball Avenue fame) in the 1830s, forming around the towns of "Jefferson," "Maplewood," and "Avondale', the vicinity was annexed into the city of Chicago in 1889 and renamed Logan Square. Many of its early residents were English or Scandinavian origin, mostly Norwegians and Danes, along with both

2975-456: The 1880s, mostly consisting of the rural "truck farms" that peppered much of Jefferson Township . This began to change with the annexation of this rustic hinterland to the city in 1889 in anticipation of the World's Columbian Exposition that would focus the country's eyes on Chicago just a few years later in 1893. Belmont Gardens' first urban development began thanks to Homer Pennock, who founded

3060-541: The 1980s. The stone was still produced on a smaller scale, however. It was used in the Edward Larrabee Barnes -designed Knoxville Museum of Art , completed in 1990, and the BarberMcMurry -designed Gay Street addition of Knoxville's East Tennessee History Center, completed in 2005. The Tennessee Marble Company, founded in 1993, is currently the only major producer of Tennessee marble. The company

3145-410: The 22 separate park districts were consolidated into the Chicago Park District . The park complex expanded during the 1980s with the addition of a new natatorium at the corner of Diversey and Avers. The green space afforded by the park quickly became the backdrop for community gatherings. Residents utilized the grounds at Kosciuszko Park for bonfires , festivals and neighborhood celebrations, and for

3230-758: The Community TV Network—a youth media organization—and the Chicago Independent Media Center . The neighborhood is covered by a number of neighborhood news blogs, including LoganSquarist. A comprehensive redevelopment of the historic Congress Theater , including its 4,900 seat hall, a 30-room hotel, restaurants, and 14 affordable apartments, was approved by the Chicago City Council in March, 2019. On June 28, 2021, David Baum announced that Baum Revision has taken over

3315-619: The Logan Square community area, the Logan Square Branch at 3030 W. Fullerton. Although the branch in Kosciuszko Park was one of the system's most utilized branches, it was closed by the 1950s. Logan Square has a number of diverse cultural centers, such as The Comfort Station, an art gallery and event space, and AnySquared Projects, a nonprofit art collective; St. Hedwig's in Chicago , a strong cultural and civic institution for Chicago's Multiethnic Catholic Community;

3400-854: The Luttrell, Black Oak, Concord, Knoxville, Bays Mountain, and French Broad belts. A seventh belt, the Galbraith in Hawkins County, is considered an extension of the Black Oak. The Luttrell belt, the westernmost of the Holston Formation belts, stretches along Copper Ridge from Beaver Creek in Fountain City northeast to Galbraith Springs (about 10 miles (16 km) west of Rogersville ) in Hawkins County. The Black Oak belt stretches along Black Oak Ridge from Monroe County to

3485-630: The Milwaukee Avenue "Polish Corridor"—a contiguous stretch of Polish settlement which spanned this thoroughfare all the way from Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee, Division and Ashland to Irving Park Road . Adjacent to Kosciuszko Park's border with Avondale proper near the intersection of George Street and Lawndale Avenue is St. Hyacinth Basilica , which began in 1894 as a refuge for locals to tend to their spiritual needs. A shrine, St. Hyacinth's features relics associated with Pope John Paul II , as well as an icon with an ornate jeweled crown that

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3570-568: The Polish working class, which first began to settle in the area in the 1830s. A large influx of Germans began in 1848 and in 1854 led to the establishment of the town of Holstein , which was eventually annexed into Chicago in 1863. In the 1890s and 1900s, immigration from Poland, the annexation of Jefferson Township into Chicago and the completion of the Logan Square Branch of the Metropolitan Elevated Lines contributed to

3655-863: The Tennessee Marble Company. The stone has most recently been used in the floor of the United States Capitol Visitor Center and for the 170-ton "First Amendment" tablet that initially adorned the facade of Washington's Newseum , as well as the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tennessee marble is found in the Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley Province , a series of alternating elongate ridges and valleys that lie between

3740-527: The area accelerated during and after World War II when as many as 150,000 Poles are estimated to have arrived in Polish Downtown between 1939 and 1959 as Displaced Persons . Like the Ukrainians in nearby Ukrainian Village , they clustered in established ethnic enclaves like this one that offered shops, restaurants, and banks where people spoke their language. Milwaukee Avenue was the anchor of

3825-571: The areas along Damen and Milwaukee Avenues through the 1980s after being displaced by the gentrification of Lincoln Park that started in the 1960s. The local Puerto Rican community lent heavy support for the Young Lords and other groups that participated in Harold Washington 's victorious mayoral campaign. In the last quarter of the 20th century, a growing artists' community led directly to widespread gentrification , which brought in

3910-402: The base depict allegorical figures of Native Americans , explorers, Jesuit missionaries, farmers, and laborers intended to represent Illinois contributions to the nation through transportation as a railroad crossroads for passengers and freight (represented by a train extending across the arm of one of the figures), education, commerce, grain and commodities, religion and exploration, along with

3995-564: The center of the boulevards ; the medians and the two squares both provided recreational areas for residents and drew development to the area. Logan Square also includes the Illinois Centennial Monument , which was erected in 1918 to celebrate Illinois' centennial. The boulevards pass through residential areas and are lined with homes in a variety of architectural styles. Some of the most common designs are sandstone Romanesque houses, gray stone Victorian houses, and brick buildings with Tudor Revival and Prairie School styles. The district

4080-413: The city's "Polish Corridor", a contiguous area of Polish settlement that extended from Polonia Triangle to Avondale's Polish Village . Additional population influxes into the area at this time included European Jews and Belarusians . Latino migration to the area began in the 1960s with the arrival of Cuban , Puerto Rican , and later Mexican immigrants. Puerto Ricans in particular concentrated in

4165-422: The city's first and oldest Catholic nursing home. One of the industries the nuns took upon themselves to support these charitable activities was a church vestment workshop which opened in 1909 on the second floor. Many of these Polish nuns were expert seamstresses, having learned these skills in the Old World . In 1928 the Franciscan Sisters further expanded the complex by building a new St. Joseph Home of Chicago ,

4250-409: The club was once situated. Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (Norwegian: Den Norske Lutherske Minnekirke ), also known as Minnekirken, is also located on Kedzie Boulevard in Logan Square. The Palmer Square neighborhood of Chicago is a pocket neighborhood located within the Logan Square community, directly west of Bucktown , north of Humboldt Park , and northwest of Wicker Park . Although there

4335-430: The corner of Kimball and Medill Avenues, continues to meet in Logan Square and has rehabilitated the land on which the church once stood into a corner garden. In 2015 the church began raising funds to use a portion of the land as the future site of a prayer labyrinth. Belmont Gardens spans the Chicago Community Areas of Logan Square and Avondale like neighboring Kosciuszko Park, located within its northwest portion, where

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4420-407: The crosstown 1906 World Series . Today, the neighborhood is home to a diverse population including an established Latino community (primarily Mexican and Puerto Rican, with some Cuban), a number of ethnicities from Eastern Europe (mostly Poles), and a growing number of Millennials , due to gentrification . Additionally, the increase in housing costs in nearby Wicker Park , Lincoln Park, and

4505-442: The decline of Homer Pennock's fortune, this district declined to the point that the Chicago Tribune wrote about the neighborhood in an article titled "A Deserted Village in Chicago" in 1903. The original name of the Healy Metra Station was originally named after this now lost settlement. While Homer Pennock's industrial suburb failed, Chicago's rapid expansion transformed the area's farms into clusters of factories and homes. At

4590-411: The designer and builder of West Point , Kosciuszko fought in the American Revolution and was awarded with U.S. citizenship and the rank of brigadier general as a reward. Kosciuszko was one of the original parks of the Northwest Park District which was established in 1911. One of the ambitious goals of the Northwest Park District that was in keeping with the spirit of the Progressive Movement popular at

4675-405: The electrified elevated rail line (today's Blue Line ) was built alongside the road up to Logan Square itself, stimulating a new building boom. Milwaukee Avenue was finally paved in 1911 to accommodate motor cars. A baseball stadium at the corner of Milwaukee and Diversey hosted the Logan Square Baseball Club, which defeated both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox , who had just played each other in

4760-407: The entrance tripods at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, and several statues at the base of the USS Maine National Monument in New York. The Italian-born sculptor Albert Milani (1892–1977), who worked at the Candoro Marble Works in Knoxville, created numerous works using Tennessee marble, including the four eagles atop the Knoxville Post Office and the "History of the World" relief at

4845-647: The historic Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church located on the public square, and a meeting house of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints one block west. Just south of the square on Kedzie Avenue, Armitage Baptist Church is located in the former Masonic Temple, and to the east of the square on Logan Boulevard are the Episcopal Church of the Advent, a new Seventh-day Adventist Church and St. John Berchmans Catholic Church. St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square, previously located just north of Logan Boulevard on Francisco Ave., sold their historic building in 2015 to New Community Covenant Church. St. Luke's now meets in

4930-403: The industrial village of Pennock, Illinois. Centered on Wrightwood Avenue, which was originally laid out as "Pennock Boulevard", the area was planned to be a hefty industrial and residential district. The development was so renowned that the village was highlighted in a "History of Cook County, Illinois" authored by Weston Arthur Goodspee and Daniel David Healy. Thwarted by circumstances as well as

5015-434: The late 18th century, Tennessee marble was being harvested for construction purposes, most notably for the Ramsey House on the outskirts of Knoxville and the "Old Stone House" near modern Friendsville . Visitors to East Tennessee were reporting the existence of marble beds in the region as early as the 1810s, and state geologist Gerard Troost provided an extensive description of Tennessee marble deposits in an 1831 report to

5100-528: The north, Western Avenue to the west, Bloomingdale or North Avenue to the south, and the Kennedy Expressway to the east. Bucktown's original boundaries were Fullerton Avenue, Damen Avenue (formerly Robey Street), Armitage Avenue and Western Avenue. Bucktown is primarily residential, with a mix of older single family homes, new builds with edgy architecture, and converted industrial loft spaces. Horween Leather Company has been on North Elston Avenue in Bucktown since 1920. The neighborhood's origins are rooted in

5185-468: The other Lakefront communities has led to many of Chicago's aspiring artists and restaurateurs to call Logan Square home. Residents are attracted to the community for its beautiful park-like boulevards, part of Chicago's 26-mile Chicago park and boulevard system . Known as the "Logan Square Boulevards District", the area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and became a protected Chicago Landmark in 2005. Additional development includes

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5270-426: The park fieldhouse, the Tadeusz Kościuszko School of Polish Language continues to educate over 1,000 students to the present day, reminding all of its origins in Kosciuszko Park with its name. It was the park of Kosciuszko Park however that wove together the disparate subdivisions and people into one community. Dedicated in 1916, Kosciuszko Park owes its name to the Polish patriot Tadeusz Kosciuszko . Best known as

5355-425: The park that lent the neighborhood its name still serves its residents, where through play, performance, and even the occasional outdoor film screening it functions as the venue where the community can come together. Logan Square is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the Logan Square community area in Chicago. The neighborhood boundaries of Logan Square were originally held to be Kimball Avenue on

5440-578: The partnerships between residents and the city to support the Comfort Station at Logan Square, new and renewed parks (See Palmer Square Park, below), the Bloomingdale Trail (an elevated "rails to trails" project), Logan Plaza, and sensitive developments (e.g. The Green Exchange and Chicago Printed String Building), along with the preservation of numerous historic buildings (historic commercial, industrial and residential structures) and several other important sustainable and green projects. Logan Square has many churches along its boulevards including Minnekirken ,

5525-549: The project and is planning to redevelop the landmark theater as well as the surrounding apartments and retail space, using the already approved plan (although excluding the associated 72-unit apartment building). On June 9, 2022, the project was approved by the city's Permit Review Committee; further approval by the full City Council is required before construction may begin. The budget is reported to be $ 70.4 million, including $ 9 million in historic tax credits and $ 20 million in Tax Increment Funding. The Roberto Clemente Post Office

5610-519: The prominent historical boulevards and large bungalow -style homes. At one time, Logan Square boasted a large Norwegian-American population, centered along the historic boulevards. With relatively inexpensive housing and rent available, this neighborhood was a favorite for immigrants and working-class citizens. Logan Square was the site of the Norwegian-American cultural center, Chicago Norske Klub . Many elaborate, stylish, and expensive houses and mansions line historic Logan and Kedzie Boulevards where

5695-423: The rapid increase in Bucktown's population density. Three of the city's most opulent churches designed in the so-called " Polish Cathedral style " - St. Hedwig's , the former Cathedral of All Saints and St. Mary of the Angels - date from this era. The early Polish settlers had originally designated many of Bucktown's streets with names significant to their people – Kosciusko, Sobieski, Pulaski and Leipzig (after

5780-417: The region presented a major challenge for these early companies. Mule teams, often led by local African American entrepreneurs, carried the blocks to the Holston River , where they were loaded onto flatboats and transported downstream. By the early 1850s, at least two marble quarries were in operation in Knox County, one of which supplied marble for the Tennessee State Capitol . The arrival of railroads in

5865-465: The region, namely the predecessor lines of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway , provided a major boost for the industry and helped Knox County overtake Hawkins as the region's primary quarrying and production center. The industry was also aided by an infusion of northern capital in the years following the Civil War . In 1873, federal architect Alfred B. Mullett used Tennessee marble for Knoxville's Post Office and Customs House , sparking

5950-400: The region. By 1885, Concord was home to ten marble-related companies. The Ross Quarry supplied marble for the J.P. Morgan Library in New York in the 1900s. The Candoro Marble Works , a large finishing mill, was founded in South Knoxville in 1914. By 1908, Tennessee ranked third in the nation in marble production, behind Vermont and Georgia . While 80% of marble quarried in the state

6035-447: The remnants of slavery in that state. As the bicycle craze swept Chicago beginning in the mid-1880s, the then-called Palmer Place oval became a popular track for bicycle-riding "wheelmen", also known as "scorchers", who competed with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. Ignaz Schwinn (1860–1948), founder of the Schwinn Bicycle Company , lived at the corner of W. Palmer St. and N. Humboldt Blvd. The City of Chicago in 2005 received

6120-508: The same building as Grace Methodist Church. Bucktown has three of the city's most noted Polish Cathedrals – the former All Saints Cathedral, St. Hedwig's in Chicago, and St. Mary of the Angels . On Fullerton just east of Milwaukee is a Christian Science church offering services in Spanish. On Ridgeway, just north of Fullerton, is Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and School. Palmer Square,

6205-556: The state's representative stone for the construction of the Washington Monument . During this same period, marble from Hawkins County, either from Rice's quarry or a rival quarry south of Rogersville , was used in U.S. Capitol extension projects (William Dougherty, the construction superintendent for the Washington Monument, was instrumental in obtaining the marble). Transporting the quarried blocks out of

6290-420: The stone retains a fossiliferous texture, with bryozoan and crinoid fossils being among the most commonly found. A noticeable feature is the presence of jagged horizontal gray or black lines, or "stylolites." Known as "crowfeet" by quarrymen, these form from residual insoluble materials left over from the natural limestone dissolution processes. The most well-known shades are pink, gray, and cedar, but it also

6375-427: The summer of 2021. Palmer Square's location places its residents within walking distance to a growing number of shops, coffee houses, bars, and restaurants, in particular, on the major streets which form the borders of the neighborhood. The heart of Palmer Square is mainly leafy residential streets. Easy access to the highways and the public transportation system also makes it a popular neighborhood for commuters to

6460-443: The time was to provide one park for each of the ten square miles under its jurisdiction. Beginning in 1914, the district began to purchase land for what would eventually become Mozart, Kelyvn, and Kosciuszko Parks, and improvement on these three sites began almost immediately. For Kosciuszko, noted architect Albert A. Schwartz designed a Tudor revival -style fieldhouse, expanded in 1936 to include an assembly hall, just two years after

6545-535: The turn of the 20th century as settlement was booming, Belmont Gardens and Avondale were at the northwestern edge of the Milwaukee Avenue Polish Corridor - a contiguous stretch of Polish settlement which spanned this thoroughfare all the way from the southern tip of Wicker Park 's Polonia Triangle at the intersection of Milwaukee, Division Street and Ashland Avenue , north to Irving Park Road . Belmont gardens offered more than just

6630-690: The use of concrete, coupled with the onset of the Great Depression , led to a decline in the Tennessee marble industry by the end of the 1920s. The stone experienced a brief resurgence in the 1930s as New Deal federal construction projects encouraged the use of locally quarried building materials. Buildings completed during this period include the National Gallery of Art (West Building), the Knoxville Post Office , and

6715-403: The west, California Avenue to the east, Diversey Parkway on the north, and Fullerton Avenue to the south. However, as memory of the village and later neighborhood of Maplewood has receded, the boundaries have grown beyond these streets, with eastern boundary has now shifted to the North Branch of the Chicago River and the northern border past Diversey Avenue . The area is characterized by

6800-505: The western edge of the neighborhood and is the namesake of John McAuley Palmer (1817–1900), a lawyer and Civil War General who served as the 15th Governor of Illinois, a United States Senator, and at age 79, was a candidate for president in 1896. Palmer was an avowed abolitionist , friend and supporter of Abraham Lincoln , and, as the Military Governor of Kentucky in 1865–1866, aggressively commanded Federal forces to root out

6885-633: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1985. It was named a Chicago Landmark on November 1, 2005. This article about a property in Cook County, Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Chicago geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Logan Square, Chicago Logan Square

6970-647: Was blessed by the late pontiff. Other institutions further enriched the institutional fabric of the Polish community in the area. In 1897, the Polish Franciscan Sisters began building an expansive complex on Schubert and Hamlin Avenues with the construction of St. Joseph Home for the Aged and Crippled , a structure that would also serve as the motherhouse for the order. When it opened in 1898, it became

7055-489: Was dedicated to the Black Madonna . The entire complex was sold to a developer who subsequently razed the entire complex, while the new "St. Joseph Village" opened in 2005 on the site of the former Madonna High School and now operates at 4021 W. Belmont Avenue. The park later became home to one of the two first Polish language Saturday schools in Chicago. While the school has since moved out of their small quarters at

7140-522: Was operating six quarries as of 2007. Sculptor Jack Rich described Tennessee marble as an "excellent sculptural stone," though difficult to work with due to its hardness . Two of the best known Tennessee marble sculptures, E.C. Potter 's lions, "Patience" and "Fortitude," stand outside the entrance of the New York Public Library Main Branch . The Piccirilli Brothers also worked with the stone, most notably creating

7225-684: Was used in furniture and interior decoration, it was best known as a monumental building material. Monuments and buildings constructed of Tennessee marble during the early 20th century include the St. Paul Public Library in Minnesota, the Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse in New Haven, Connecticut , and the Firemen's Memorial in Manhattan . The rise of modern architecture and a preference for

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