Pulaski Road (Chicago)
| 4000 West Casimir Pulaski Memorial Road Crawford Avenue |
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| Former name(s) | 40th Avenue |
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| Length | 78.8 mi |
| South end |
 Lincoln Highway (21100 S) in Matteson
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| North end | Wilmette Avenue in Wilmette |
Pulaski Road (/pəˈlæskiː/) is a major north-south street in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski.
Pulaski Road was originally known as 40th Avenue. In 1913 it was renamed for Peter Crawford, an early area landowner, in order to avoid duplication of the 40th Avenue name in the city. The name Crawford Avenue lasted until 1935 when, over local opposition and a legal battle all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court, the street was renamed for Pulaski. Among the many Polish city leaders who worked to achieve "Pulaski Road" was Emilia Napieralska, the president of the Chicago chapter of the Polish Women's Alliance of America.
Pulaski Road still retains its former Crawford Avenue name 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.
From north to south:
Additionally, a number of prominent Polish churches in Chicago are located on side streets just off of Pulaski Road such as St. Hyacinth Basilica as well as St. Wenceslaus.
5. Karol Wachtl. Polonia Amerykanska:dzieje i dorobek [American Polonia: Its History and Legacy]. Philadelphia: privately published, 1944, pp. 172, 396.
6. Angela and Donald Pienkos. " 'In the Strength of Women Is the Strength of a Nation:' A History of the Polish Women's Alliance of America" (2003). Boulder: East European Monographs No. 632 Distr. New York: Columbia UP, p. 85.
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