Touhy Avenue Explained

Touhy Avenue
Alternate Name:Patrick L. Touhy Memorial Avenue
7200 North
Direction A:West
Terminus A:Tonne Road, Elk Grove Village
Direction B:East
Terminus B:1200 W (near Lake Michigan, Chicago)

Touhy Avenue is a major street throughout northern Chicago, Illinois as well as the north and northwestern suburbs of the city. It is named for Patrick L. Touhy, a subdivider who was also the son-in-law of Phillip Rogers, an early settler who helped develop Rogers Park.[1] [2] Points of interest along Touhy Avenue include Loyola Park, the Winston Towers,[3] the Lincolnwood Town Center, Lincolnwood Produce & Grocery, Loeber Motors, Hebrew Theological College, Village Crossing Shopping Center, Pointe Plaza, the Shure Headquarters Building, the Leaning Tower YMCA, the Pickwick Theatre, the northern end of O'Hare International Airport, and the crash site of American Airlines Flight 191.[4]

References

42.0118°N -87.7547°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Haymer, Don . Streetwise Chicago . McNamee . Tom . Loyola University Press . 1988 . 0-8294-0596-8 . Chicago . 125.
  2. http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/nameChanges/start.pdf Chicago Streets
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100140/http://www.emporis.com/complex/100633/winston-towers-chicago-il-usa Winston Towers
  4. Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc. DC-10-10, N110AA, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, May 25, 1979 . December 21, 1979 . . NTSB-AAR-79-17 . September 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190422022517/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7917.pdf . April 22, 2019 . live.