Connections to Community- Chicago Neighborhood

1. Connections
to Community
Logan Square

2. History of Logan Square
● Where it got it’s name from-
● The community area and neighborhood are
named for General John A. Logan who
served in the Civil War, and later in
Congress.

3. History of Logan Square
Continued:
Originally developed by early settlers like
Martin Kimbell (of Kimball Avenue fame) in the
1830s, forming the towns of "Jefferson" and
"Maplewood," the community was annexed into
the City of Chicago in 1889 and renamed
Logan Square.

4. History Continued:
Many of its early residents were English or Scandinavian
origin, mostly Norwegians and Danes, along with both a
significant Polish and Jewish population that followed.
Today, the neighborhood is home to a diverse population
including Latinos (primarily Mexican and Puerto Rican, with
some Cuban), a number of ethnicities from Eastern
Europe, and African American

5. Logan Square
❖ Location:
➢ Northwest side of Chicago
➢ Located at the three-way intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Logan
Boulevard and Kedzie Boulevard.
❖ How to get here using CTA L Train:
➢ Redline to Lake
➢ To connect to Blue Line trains, exit station at Randolph-
Washington exit and use mezzanine-level pedway through Block 37
Center to Blue Line subway ("Lake Station - CTA 'L' Train Station
Information")
"Lake Station - CTA 'L' Train Station Information." Transit Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/station.aspx?StopId=87>.

6. Humboldt Boulevard
The section of the boulevard
system north of Humboldt Park
dates to the late 1870s, when
the park first opened. As a
result, this entire portion--
present day Kedzie and Logan
boulevards and Logan and Palmer
squares--originally was called
Humboldt Boulevard.

7. Humboldt Boulevard cont.
The area was annexed into
Chicago in 1889 and extended
the Metropolitan West Side.
Improvements were made to
the area in the late 1890’s when
it was renamed in honor of Gen.
John A Logan, a Civil War
commander, US Senator and
the founder of Memorial Day.

8. The Illinois Centennial Memorial Column
In 1914, in honor of the state’s
100th anniversary, a 70 foot tall
monument was designed for the
center of Logan Square. The eagle
at the top of the monument is a
reference to the state flag, while
the relief figures around the base-
- Native Americans, explorers,
farmers, and laborers-- were
meant to show the rapid change
that had occurred in Illinois during
its first century of statehood.

9. Lula Cafe
Lula café is the founding member of
the nationally recognized Logan Square
culinary community and a celebrated member
of the ‘farm to table’ movement in Chicago.
The menu at Lula is risky but grounded , a
bistro of the unclassifiable kind. They have
been featured on NPR’s “This American Life,”
in The New York Times, Food and Wine, Bon
Appetit, and in Chicago press where Lula has
been named an LTH Forum Great
Neighborhood Restaurant, a Michelin Bib
Gourmande, Jean Banchet Best
Neighborhood Restaurant, and a proud
member of the “Eater Essential 38.”

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14. Citations
Wikipedia contributors. "Logan Square, Chicago." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 10 Sep.
2014. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
"History." Lula Cafe. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://lulacafe.com/about>.