Pulaski Road (Chicago)

Pulaski Road (/pəˈlæskiː/) is a major north-south thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after revolutionary war hero Casimir Pulaski. It still retains its former name, Crawford Avenue, in the north suburbs of Lincolnwood, Skokie, and Evanston. In Wilmette, Crawford becomes Hunter Road. North of Devon Avenue (6400 N) and south from the Chicago City Limits to Lincoln Highway US-30. Prior to 1913, Pulaski Road was known as 40th Avenue. That name lasted until 1935 when, over local opposition and a legal battle all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court, it was named after Pulaski. Among the many Polish city leaders who worked to achieve "Pulaski Rd." was Emilia Napieralska, then president of the Polish Women's Alliance of America in Chicago.

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