| 4000 West Casimir Pulaski Memorial Road Crawford Avenue | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:20000128_03_Pulaski_Rd_@_Roscoe_St._(7043543939).jpg) Pulaski Road at Roscoe Street (2000) | |
| Former name(s) | 40th Avenue |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.3 mi (63.2 km) |
| South end | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:US_30.svg){kind=small} Lincoln Highway (21100 S) in Matteson |
| North end | Wilmette Avenue in Wilmette |
Pulaski Road (/pəˈlæskiː/) is a major north-south street in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after Polish hero of the American Revolutionary War Casimir Pulaski.
Pulaski Road was originally known as 40th Avenue. In 1913 it was renamed for Peter Crawford, an early area landowner, in order to avoid duplication of the 40th Street name in the city. The name Crawford Avenue lasted until 1935 when, over local opposition and a legal battle all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court, the street was renamed for Pulaski.[1] Among the many Polish city leaders who worked to achieve "Pulaski Road" was Emilia Napieralska, the president of the Chicago chapter of the Polish Women's Alliance of America.
Pulaski Road still retains its former Crawford Avenue name in the north suburbs of Lincolnwood, Skokie, and Evanston. In Wilmette, Crawford becomes Hunter Road. North of Devon Avenue (6400 N) and south from the Chicago City Limits to Lincoln Highway US-30.
- ^ Amanda Seligman (2005). "Fight for 40th Street". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 15 July 2011.