Blue Island Avenue

Blue Island Avenue
Blue Island and Racine, Chicago. "After" shot of urban renewal site. ca. 1965
Southwest endS. Western Avenue/W. 26th Street in Lower West Side, Chicago
Northeast endW. Roosevelt Road in Near West Side, Chicago

Blue Island Avenue is a street in the city of Chicago, Illinois that once led to a ridge of land that early pioneers gave the name "Blue Island" because at a distance it looked like an island in the prairie. The blue color was attributed to atmospheric scattering or to blue flowers growing on the ridge. Parts of the present-day neighborhoods of Morgan Park, Beverly Hills and the city of Blue Island, Illinois now occupy this ridge.

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