Saturday, February 13, 2021

Highway 41 Streetview Trek: into the northern suburbs

 

Continuing the Highway 41 end-to-end Streetview trek, having fully experienced the city of Chicago, the visual travel log now moves into the suburbs.


Lincolnwood Fire Department



Highway 41 goes through Lincolnwood into Skokie. Skokie is somewhat famous for being one of the main Chicago suburbs with a large Jewish population, which has led to some confrontations with neo-Nazis through the years. It's also mildly famous because no one is quite sure why it's named "Skokie".

And in Skokie, where Lincoln Avenue intersects with Skokie Boulevard, Highway 41 opts to continue northward on Skokie Boulevard, right here. You can tell because the sign says so.

 

The boulevard goes through some nature, called the Emily Oaks Nature Center.

 


Skokie Boulevard and Main Street. Main Street is actually very quintessential suburbia, not really a street with a large amount of economic activity.




Skokie Boulevard and Gross Point Road. I'm just a bit fascinated by the name Gross Point. It's either big or ... bad.



Obviously we're likely to see more of Chicago suburbia next time.


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