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Post by kb on Nov 22, 2024 10:17:43 GMT -6
it was news to me when I moved down here over 10 years ago. Friend who was clowning on me has lived here for years too...
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Post by dij22 on Nov 22, 2024 10:23:12 GMT -6
yeah but answer my question! that's actually why I brought it up. a friend in the neighborhood tried to clown on me when I told him there's a new brewery at Chicago and Grand. I grew up off Grand close to Belmont so I grew up thinking it was weird that it eventually just straightened out and became a normal East-West street |
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Post by Tweet on Nov 22, 2024 11:06:30 GMT -6
Some railroad line forces that curve right?
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Post by venom on Nov 22, 2024 11:18:25 GMT -6
Some railroad line forces that curve right? i think the diagonal part of grand was an old trail like several of the other diagonals. |
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Post by kb on Nov 22, 2024 11:29:05 GMT -6
venom is correct.
"Grand Avenue had previously been called Whiskey Point Road, presumably because there was a tavern in what is now the Belmont Cragin neighborhood."
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Post by alady on Nov 22, 2024 12:24:06 GMT -6
As someone living off Whiskey Point Road, I kind of forgot that Grand becomes east-west after a while.
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Post by kb on Nov 22, 2024 13:03:18 GMT -6
want to go halfsies on opening a bar called whiskey point on grand between my house and yours?
edit: a quick view of Google maps shows a) a neighborhood called whiskey point at grand and armitage and b) a "night club" called whiskey point at that intersection, though the street view shows a Dunkin/Baskin robbins.
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Post by alady on Nov 22, 2024 13:51:52 GMT -6
I'm in.
Also saw a Whiskey Point at Ashland and 47th.
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