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  Logan Square, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The community area of Logan Square is, in general, bounded by the NIRC railroad on the west, the North Branch of the Chicago River on the east, Diversey Avenue on the north, and the SOO Line railroad on the south.
Its boundaries are the Chicago River to the east, Western Avenue to the west, the above-grade Bloomingdale Line to the south and West Fullerton Avenue to the north.
Logan Square, Chicago and 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 (~2400 W to 2800 W) to the east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Logan_Square,_Chicago   (834 words)

  
 Chicago ''L''.org: Stations - Logan Square
The Logan Square station served as the terminal of the Northwest branch of the Metropolitan Elevated (and successor Logan Square branch of the CRT and CTA
In the late 1960s, it was decided the Logan Square branch was to be extended passed its namesake terminal for the first time, reaching Jefferson Park via a new subway and the median of the Kennedy Expressway.
Logan Square terminal was a major transfer point for Northwest Side transit riders from the time the station opened in 1895.
www.chicago-l.org /stations/logan_sq.html   (1047 words)

  
 Chicago ''L''.org: Stations - Logan Square
The original Logan Square station served as the terminal of the Northwest branch of the Metropolitan Elevated (and successor Logan Square branch of the CRT and CTA
In the late 1960s, it was decided the Logan Square branch was to be extended passed its namesake terminal for the first time, necessitating the removal of the old elevated station, which closed concurrently with the new extension opening on February 1, 1970.
The Kedzie entrance to the Logan Square subway station on the east side of Milwaukee Avenue is in a plaza surrounded by a bus terminal, with the canopy extending from the subway entrance over the bus bays to protect waiting transferrers.
www.chicago-l.org /stations/logan_sq2.html   (1313 words)

  
 Equitable Sustainable Community Development | Center for Urban Research and Learning | Loyola University Chicago |
The community area of Logan Square on Chicago's northwest side is the neighborhood bounded on the north by Diversey Avenue, to the east by the north branch of the Chicago River, to the south by Bloomingdale Avenue, and to the west by the railroad lines running along Pulaski Road.
From 1930 to 1960, the population of Logan Square began to decline.
The distribution of household incomes closely matches with that of the city of Chicago, implying Logan Square is a microcosm of the city as a whole, with both low-income and wealth families calling it home.
www.luc.edu /curl/escd/community/chicago/logansquare.shtml   (583 words)

  
 Logan Square real estate information - Chicago
Logan Square is bounded by Armitage Avenue to the south, Western Ave to the east, Diversey Parkway to the north, and Kimball Avenue to the west (2000N to 2800N and 2400W to 3400W).
Logan Square is named after John Alexander Logan, a Union General in the Civil War that later went on to practice law in Illinois, ultimately being elected to congress in 1858.
Logan square is host to a number of parks in the area, including the very Logan Square it was named after.
www.vp-realty.com /logan-square-real-estate.htm   (572 words)

  
 Logan Square (Chicago, IL) News
CHICAGO Fireworks may be to blame for an overnight fire in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Chicago police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a bicyclist Sunday night in the Logan Square neighborhood.
Police in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood this morning were investigating the apparent slaying of a man found in an alley and a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a bicyclist.
www.topix.net /city/chicago-il-logan-square   (666 words)

  
 Logan Square real estate - Logan Square Homes for sale
Logan Square, founded in the middle of the 19th century, was primarily a business oriented city with little aesthetic beauty.
Logan Square is at the intersection of Logan Boulevard, Kedzie, Wrightwood Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue.
Logan Square is known for its mansion-lined residential streets, diverse commercial district, tree-lined streets, well-kept homes.
www.falconliving.com /logan-square-real-estate.php   (252 words)

  
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Logan Square Preservation is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 and dedicated to educating citizens about three goals: architectural preservation, beautification and history.
Logan Square was chosen as the educational focus because it is a model neighborhood with many magnificent, well-preserved buildings from the early 1900s.
In 2005, obtained City of Chicago landmark district status for the historic boulevards in Logan Square.
www.logansquarepreservation.org /lspinfo.html   (943 words)

  
 Logan Square: Diversity, Change and Renewal (It Can Be Hip To Be Square)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Logan Square boasts gracious old boulevards, bookended by lush parkways, leafy green canopies of overspreading trees, handsome brick and greystone two-flats and turn-of-the-century mansions.
Logan Square is a neighborhood whose diversity and tolerance has always made for an integrated melting pot with a proud immigrant heritage while keeping a cosmopolitan flair.
Chicago's motto, "Urbs in Horto", which means "City Set in a Garden", was adopted soon after Chicago's incorporation in 1837, to establish its image as a beautiful gateway to the West.
home.comcast.net /~earl.bockenfeld/article.htm   (6528 words)

  
 Logan Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Logan Square: In the late 1890's, Logan Square was called "Jefferson Township." Although most of the great boulevard system of Chicago has deteriorated over the years, the mile and a half in Logan Square has remained virtually unchanged.
This particular community is one of the most informed neighborhoods in Chicago with social gatherings and town meetings.
Overall, Logan Square is an awakening neighborhood, establishing principals such as preserving the economic diversity of residents and the historical character of the neighborhood in terms of construction as well as density.
www.luc.edu /orgs/accesschicago/neighborhoods/logansquare.html   (99 words)

  
 Chicago Neighborhood Details: Logan Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Logan Square is famous for its wide, tree-studded boulevards and parkways lined by distinguished mansions and elegant vintage buildings.
The actual Square is a picturesque traffic circle at Kedzie and Logan Boulevard, with a small hill and elegant marble column.
Logan Square is known for distinguished mansions and elegant two- and three-flat buildings constructed before World War I. Off the boulevards are quiet residential streets with smaller homes and two-and three-flat brownstones.
www.chicagohome.com /NHDetails.cfm?NH_ID=26   (272 words)

  
 CHICAGO WEST LOGAN SQUARE BLOCK CLUB
Logan Square news covering the Logan Square community.
The West Logan Square Block Club serves the Northwest Logan Square-Southeast Avondale communities.
I am a journalism student in Chicago and I am working on a story about up and coming neighborhoods in the city and what makes these neighborhoods so well fit to become up and comi...
groups.msn.com /CHICAGOWESTLOGANSQUAREBLOCKCLUB   (186 words)

  
 LoganSquare.Chicago.IL.US   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
is at the intersection of Logan Boulevard, Wrightwood Avenue, Kedzie Boulevard and Milwaukee Avenue
Logan Square is also the name of the neighborhood surrounding the square and the name of a community area which includes the neighborhoods of Logan Square, and a few others
Bicycling in the 8 county 3 state greater Logan Square area.
logansquare.chicago.il.us   (65 words)

  
 Chicago Recording Studio - Voice Over Talent - Illinois recording studios - voice over commercials - studio x
Located in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, Studio X has the intimate feel of a small recording studio but with the full, state-of-the-art, digital recording capabilities of large recording centers.
Gordon is a member of the National Association of Broadcasters and is on the steering committee for Engineering and Recording Society of Chicago.
We are conveniently located at 3055 West Armitage Avenue, in the Logan Square neighborhood one mile west of the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) and two miles north of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290).
www.studioxchicago.com   (582 words)

  
 Logan Square Apartments for rent Logan Square apartment rentals, Logan Square furnished apartments to rent.
Logan Square Apartments for rent Logan Square apartment rentals, Logan Square furnished apartments to rent.
About Us Sublet.com is a Logan Square apartment rental website that advertises Logan Square apartments, Logan Square roommates, Logan Square houses for rent Logan Square sublets and subleases.
Logan Square housing rentals, apartments, roommates, houses, tenants and landlords have not been verified or evaluated.
www.sublet.com /area_rentals/Illinois/LoganSquare_Rentals.asp   (80 words)

  
 Chicago Foodies: Logan Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When I was invited to Fonda Del Mar I figured it's 4 weeks old, in west Logan Square...
Well news travels fast in this town and an 8pm reservation that we blew by 15 minutes turned into an hour and a half wait for a dining room that was dominated by 2 large groups, one a 10-top.
Posted by Josh in BYOB, Logan Square, Mexican, North Side
www.chicagofoodies.com /logan_square   (373 words)

  
 Logan Square Auditorium on Centerstage Chicago - Logan Square Auditorium : 2539 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, (773) ...
Until 2004 the Logan Square Auditorium was used primarily as a banquet hall for weddings and private birthday parties, with the occasional Empty Bottle-sponsored event.
If you had a bad time, your beef is with the band, not the Logan Square Auditorium.
Logan Square Auditorium was mentioned in these articles...
centerstage.net /music/clubs/logansquareaud.html   (449 words)

  
 Welcome to Logan Square Preservation
Logan Square Preservation is a not for profit organization dedicated to promoting architecture, beautification and history of the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.
Lewis Coulson 3024 W. Logan Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60647-1708.
Logan Square Boulevards District House and Garden Walk September 9th, 2006
www.logansquarepreservation.org   (93 words)

  
 Chicago Logan Square: Real estate listings, restaurants, shopping, maps, and more
An impressive and unusual site, the Illinois Centennial Monument, a 27-foot-tall stone obelisk topped with an eagle which celebrates the Illinois State Centennial, marks the heart of the actual Logan Square at the intersection of Logan Boulevard, Wrightwood Avenue, Kedzie Boulevard/Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue.
Located 5 miles northwest of the Loop, the Chicago neighborhood of Logan Square, however, is bounded by West Bloomingdale, Armitage, and Diversey.
Logan Square is known equally for its prosperous, mansion-lined residential streets and its bustling, diverse commercial districts.
www.chicagoneighborhoods.cc /neighborhoods/logansquare.html   (243 words)

  
 Logan Square | Chicago Artists Resource
Logan Square Neighborhood Association: The association is located at 2840 N. Milwaukee Avenue and can be contacted at 312.384.4370.
Industrial: Coming Soon The Economic Development Commission of Greater Logan Square and Avondale was formed in 1994 to revitalize the business interests in Logan Square.
The EDC's mission is to promote investment in Logan Square, Avondale, and the surrounding communities.
www.chicagoartistsresource.org /?q=node/215   (719 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times
Just the mention of Chicago classics -- pizza, hot dogs, Green River beverages -- triggers memories and appetites.
So it's only appropriate that three Chicago foodies, with their eyes on the ever-evolving Windy City marketplace, have decided to apply their genius to creating twists on the classics.
Chicago's original city guide is now part of the Sun-Times News Group.
www.suntimes.com /output/dropzone/wkp-news-dropzone131.html   (748 words)

  
 Logan Square IL Real Estate, Logan Square Homes For Sale, 60647 MLS
Today there are more than 611 homes for sale in Logan Square (60647 zip code).
Our professional Logan Square agents are very knowledgeable and have years of experience with Logan Square schools, neighborhoods and Logan Square local market conditions.
Terms of Use :: Privacy Policy We are Chicago's greatest real estate home page.
www.chicagorealestate-bw.com /searchresults.asp?Area=8022   (1178 words)

  
 Chicago-Logan Square School Information
Chicago Real Estate BW offers MLS listings with previous sales price.
Information on public and private schools in the Chicago-Logan Square area.
Note: This list is not comprehensive, and was last updated August 2004.
www.local-schools.com /Chicago-Logan-Square-Schools.htm   (148 words)

  
 Logan Square Farmers Market
The market will be in the same location as 2005, at the southeast corner of the intersection of Logan Blvd. and Milwaukee Ave.
On June 16, the Community Development Commission gave the Department of Planning and Development authority to acquire the vacant land around the CTA rail trench from the CTA.
The Logan Square Farmer's Market is a City of Chicago market sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Special Events (MOSE).
www.logansquarefarmersmarket.org   (507 words)

  
 [IDN] Democratic Meetup of Chicago (Logan Square) (Chicago, IL) - Meetup.com
Tue Jul 11, 7:00 PM [IDN] Democratic Meetup of Chicago (Logan Square) July Meetup
First, of course, there's our Saloon Democrats of Chicago get-together this Wednesday (10/11, 6:30-9pm) at Frankie Z's (435 N. Clark): http://illinoisde...
Second, we'll be heading to Joliet from both Chicago and Evanston to help John Pavich this Sat.
democrat.meetup.com /763/?gj=sj7   (821 words)

  
 Quenchers Saloon - Chicago's Premier Beer Bar, Largest Beer Selection since 1979
Located in one of the most vital, urban neighborhoods of Chicago, Logan Square/Bucktown, Quenchers Saloon has been offering a truly extensive selection of beer since opening in 1979.
Quenchers now has live entertainment seven nights a week showcasing local talent.
Make Quenchers a stop in your quest to find the "best" bar, your pursuit will go no further; your thirst will be quenched.
www.quenchers.com   (144 words)

  
 Logan Square Auditorium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Logan Square Auditorium is a fully equipped live music venue with a full liquor bar.
Check out our calendar for all of our shows.
If you would like to rent out the room for live music concerts, dances, weddings, corporate parties, etc. please call or email us.
www.logansquareauditorium.com   (47 words)

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