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We’re a typical Chicago neighborhood main street. That’s what makes us special.

Stories by, for and about the people and places of Milwaukee Avenue between Kimball and Central Park. If you would like to write a Meet the Street story, please let us know here.

 
Free Parking: An Arts Festival in a Parking Spot
Free Parking: An Arts Festival in a Parking Spot
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comOctober 11, 2021
Take A Walk On Milwaukee
Take A Walk On Milwaukee
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comOctober 11, 2021
Saturday Craft Market at The Extraordinarium
Saturday Craft Market at The Extraordinarium
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comFebruary 7, 2021
Woodard gets a kiosk
Woodard gets a kiosk
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comFebruary 7, 2021
Storefront art installations
Storefront art installations
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comDecember 28, 2020
"Just a regular neighbor who cares”
"Just a regular neighbor who cares”
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comSeptember 25, 2020
Long Live Crown Liquors
Long Live Crown Liquors
lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comSeptember 4, 2020
Books4Cause
Books4Cause

Books4Cause is a free neighborhood library at 2933 N Milwaukee founded by Yosef Lifchitz and his daughter Mayana.

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lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comAugust 22, 2020
The Origins of Milwaukee Avenue
The Origins of Milwaukee Avenue

Before Milwaukee Avenue became one of Chicago's immigrant, working-class main streets, it was a centuries-old trade route used by the Ottawa, Chippawa, Potawatomi and other Algonquian tribes.

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lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comAugust 22, 2020
Meet Cha Cha the Chicken
Meet Cha Cha the Chicken

In the midst of the COVID crisis, comfort and distraction came to one local business owner in an unusual form: a chicken.

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lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comAugust 22, 2020PollenC
The Corner Project
The Corner Project

In 2014 I turned the storefront of my studio at 2912 N. Milwaukee into a space for installations and performances by Chicago artists.

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lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comAugust 22, 2020Corner
Sean Lowe (1982 - 2020)
Sean Lowe (1982 - 2020)

Sean was an entrepreneur and musician at heart. He strove to support the underdog and keep the freedom and joy of artistic endeavors alive.

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lynnbasa@lynnabasa.comAugust 22, 2020
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Milwaukee Avenue Alliance

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Chicago, IL 60618

info@milwaukeeavenuealliance.org

773-289-3616

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