Lower Milwaukee
Avenue
The stretch of Milwaukee Avenue between Chicago Avenue and North
Avenue on the city's Northwest Side has undergone repeated changes
during the twentieth century. During the 1910s and 1920s, the area was
home to a variety of first and second generation immigrants, including a
prosperous enclave of wealthy German-Americans, many of whom owned
businesses along Milwaukee Avenue. During the 1930s and 1940s, the
corridor increasingly catered to the Northwest Side's growing
Polish-American population. Today, Milwaukee Avenue remains a vibrant
and thriving commercial and entertainment district, its establishments
now catering to a mix of older Polish-Americans, Latino families, and
yuppie urbanites. Click on the sites below to learn more about Lower
Milwaukee Avenue during Chicago's Jazz Age. |
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